Wild vs. Dallas, Game 1 recap

April 18, 2023 at 7:39AM
Minnesota Wild's Sam Steel (13) and Gustav Nyquist, right, celebrate a goal scored by Steel in the second period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Dallas Stars, Monday, April 17, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) ORG XMIT: TXTG107
Sam Steel, left, and Gustav Nyquist celebrated Steel’s goal in the second period. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Star Tribune's Three Stars

1. Ryan Hartman, Wild: The center scored the game-winning goal in double overtime.

2. Filip Gustavsson, Wild: The goaltender racked up 51 saves, the most ever by a Wild netminder in a playoff game.

3. Jake Oettinger, Stars: The goalie was also sharp, turning aside 45 shots.

BY THE NUMBERS

2 Goals by Dallas during nine combined seconds of power play time.

10 Playoff goals by Kirill Kaprizov, who became the 10th player in the NHL's modern era to score that many career goals in 14 games or less.

92:20 Official game time, making this the Wild's longest game in team history.

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Sarah McLellan

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Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.

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