SB Nation Minnesota - Wild At Stars: Minnesota Falls To Dallas In Shootouthttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48959/mn-fave.png2012-02-05T00:12:41-06:00http://minnesota.sbnation.com/rss/stream/25364402012-02-05T00:12:41-06:002012-02-05T00:12:41-06:00Wild Fall To Stars In Shootout, 2-1
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<p>Prior to Saturday night's game in Dallas, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.defendingbigd.com/">Stars</a> honored Ed Belfour, the goaltender that led the franchise to its only Stanley Cup back in 1999. After the game started, both goaltenders attempted to do the best Belfour impression that they could do, but one did it slightly better than the other.</p>
<p><span>Kari Lehtonen</span> matched <span>Niklas Backstrom</span> on Saturday night, and when the game went to a shootout, Lehtonen got the best of things as the Stars managed to hold off the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hockeywilderness.com/">Wild</a> 2-1.</p>
<p>After a scoreless first period, the Stars drew first blood with a power play goal from <span>Mike Ribeiro</span> to take a 1-0 lead. That goal came at the 15:12 mark of the second period, and the Stars held that lead until the 5:18 mark of the third period, when <span>Kyle Brodziak</span> evened things up for the Wild with his fifteenth goal of the year.</p>
<p>Following a scoreless overtime, we went to a shootout. Newly acquired Kyle Christensen was stopped by Lehtonen, and Loui Erickson beat Backstrom to give Dallas a 1-0 advantage. <span>Matt Cullen</span> managed to solve Lehtonen to even things back up for the Wild, but that was quickly erased when <span>Jamie Benn</span> beat Backstrom to give the advantage back to the Stars at 2-1. When Lehtonen stopped <span>Jared Spurgeon's</span> attempt, the extra point for the evening went to Dallas.</p>
<p>Lehtonen was named the game's top star after his 37-save performance, and Ribeiro was named the game's second star. <span>Dany Heatley</span> took the third star designation for Minnesota.</p>
<p>Despite the loss, Minnesota remains in the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, two points ahead of Dallas.</p>
<p>The Wild will next take to the ice on Tuesday night, when they travel to Columbus to take on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.jacketscannon.com/">Blue Jackets</a>.</p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-wild/2012/2/5/2772403/wild-fall-to-stars-in-shootout-2-1Christopher Gates2012-02-04T19:27:30-06:002012-02-04T19:27:30-06:00Wild At Stars: Minnesota Takes On Dallas In Western Conference Clash
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<p>For the latest news on the Minnesota Wild, be sure to check out <a href="http://www.hockeywilderness.com" target="new">Hockey Wilderness</a>.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hockeywilderness.com/">Minnesota Wild</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.defendingbigd.com/">Dallas Stars</a> are both chasing the eighth spot in the Western Conference as things stand today, and the two teams will do battle in the Lone Star State on Saturday night.</p>
<p>Right now, the Wild hold the eighth spot in the conference, with 57 points coming from the strength of a record of 25-19-7. The Stars are just two spots and three points behind them, with their 54 points coming from a 26-22-2 record.</p>
<p>This is the second meeting of the year between the Wild and the Stars. On January 21, the Stars came to the XCel Energy Center, and the Wild took it to them, emerging with a 5-2 victory on the strength of three goals in a 59 second span.</p>
<p>You can watch the game this evening on Fox Sports North in glorious high definition, or you can listen to the game on KFAN-FM 100.3. We will be right here for the recap when things have finished.</p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-wild/2012/2/4/2771981/wild-at-stars-minnesota-takes-on-dallas-in-western-conference-clashChristopher Gates