Minnesota 5, Dallas 4
When: 8:30 PM ET, Friday, November 28, 2014
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Referees:
Gord Dwyer, Marc Joannette
Linesmen:
Don Henderson, Kiel Murchison
Attendance:
18532
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Wild 5, Stars 4 (OT): Defenseman Marco Scandella completed a nifty tic-tac-toe passing play by tapping Zach Parise's feed past Kari Lehtonen at 2:04 of overtime as visiting Minnesota rallied past Dallas.
Thomas Vanek scored the tying goal with 1:52 remaining in the third period and added a pair assists for the Wild, who squandered a 3-0 lead but went on to win for the fourth time in their last five road games. Nino Niederreiter, Jason Zucker and Mikael Granlund also tallied, Parise set up three goals and Darcy Kuemper made 41 saves as Minnesota won for the second time in two trips to Dallas this season.
Tyler Seguin scored his league-leading 18th goal and added an assist while Ales Hemsky, Erik Cole and defenseman Alex Goligoski also tallied for the Stars, who completed a 3-1-1 homestand. Captain Jamie Benn extended his point streak to five games with two assists, blue-liner Jyrki Jokipakka also notched a pair and Lehtonen turned aside 29 shots as Dallas outshot the Wild 45-34.
Niederreiter gave Minnesota the lead 8:41 into the contest with a shot from the low slot and Zucker doubled it with 2:31 left in the opening period by burying a rebound in front. Granlund made it 3-0 at 11:47 of the second, taking a feed from Jason Pominville while streaking down the slot and beating Lehtonen.
Hemsky began Dallas' late second-period comeback at 16:18, undressing Wild defenseman Ryan Suter in the right faceoff circle before firing the puck past Kuemper. The rebound of Seguin's shot from alone in front caromed off Minnesota blue-liner Jared Spurgeon and into the net at 18:50 and Cole beat Kuemper to the stick side with a shot from the top of the left circle with 11 seconds remaining to knot the game before Goligoski put the Stars ahead with 6 1/2 minutes left in the third.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Minnesota was outshot for just the third time in 22 games this season. ... Dallas LW Ryan Garbutt began serving his two-game suspension for kneeing Edmonton's Taylor Hall on Tuesday. ... Niederreiter's goal was his seventh in eight games, while Seguin tallied for the sixth time in five contests. ... Hemsky and Vanek ended brutal slumps, with the former scoring for the first time in 22 games this season and the latter netting his second goal of the campaign - and first since Nov. 1.
Top Game Performances
Minnesota |
|
Dallas |
Thomas Vanek 3 |
Points |
Tyler Seguin 2 |
Thomas Vanek 1 |
Goals |
Tyler Seguin 1 |
Zach Parise 3 |
Assists |
Jamie Benn 2 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Darcy Kuemper .911 |
Save Percentage |
Kari Lehtonen .853 |
Darcy Kuemper 41 |
Saves |
Kari Lehtonen 29 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Minnesota
|
34 |
5 |
0-1 |
3-3 |
8 |
30 |
Dallas
|
45 |
4 |
0-3 |
1-1 |
4 |
45 |
Upcoming Games
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Dallas will play their next game on the road against Colorado. The Stars have a W/L % of .556 after a win and .286 after a loss.
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Minnesota will play their next game at home against St. Louis. The Wild have a W/L % of .615 after a win and .556 after a loss.