Wild 1 at Stars 4
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Final 1 2 3
Wild 0 0 1
1
Stars  2 1 1
4
American Airlines Center - Dallas, Texas
Three Stars
1st Star 2nd Star 3rd Star
Stars
Kari Lehtonen
SV SV% GA
28 .966 1
Stars
Eric Nystrom
G A PTS SOG
1 0 1 1
Stars
Tom Wandell
G A PTS SOG
2 0 2 4


Stars 4, Wild 1
Tom Wandell and Kari Lehtonen made sure the Dallas Stars finally won the second leg of a back-to-back. Wandell had his second career two-goal game, Lehtonen stopped 28 shots, and the Stars stretched their winning streak to three games with a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night. Both teams were coming off victories Thursday night. Minnesota pulled out a 3-2 shootout win at Florida, while Dallas was claiming a 3-1 road decision over...
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Scoring Summary
1st Period Scoring Summary Score
8:48 Tom Wandell (5)
Assisted by Adam Burish (9) and Trevor Daley (16)
Dal 1-0
17:40 Loui Eriksson (20)
Assisted by Michael Ryder (21) and Mike Ribeiro (32)
Dal 2-0
2nd Period Scoring Summary Score
3:53 Eric Nystrom (16)
Assisted by Radek Dvorak (17) and Vernon Fiddler (12)
Dal 3-0
3rd Period Scoring Summary Score
12:43 Power-Play Devin Setoguchi (15)
Assisted by Dany Heatley (26) and Jared Spurgeon (18)
Dal 3-1
19:07 Empty Net Tom Wandell (6)
Assisted by Steve Ott (19) and Stephane Robidas (14)
Dal 4-1

Season Series
Date Home Score Goalies
Sun 1/20 Min Min 0 - 1 W:
Mon 3/25 Dal Min 7 - 4 W:
Fri 3/29 Dal Dal 3 - 5 W:
Game Stats
FORWARDS
Name G A S +/- PIM
D. Setoguchi 1 0 5 -1 0
D. Heatley 0 1 5 -2 2
K. Brodziak 0 0 1 -2 0
C. Clutterbuck 0 0 1 -1 0
M. Cullen 0 0 1 -1 0
N. Johnson 0 0 3 -2 0
M. Kassian 0 0 1 0 0
W. Peters 0 0 1 -1 0
D. Powe 0 0 2 0 0
C. Rau 0 0 0 -1 0
FORWARDS
Name G A S +/- PIM
T. Wandell 2 0 4 2 0
L. Eriksson 1 0 1 1 0
E. Nystrom 1 0 1 1 0
A. Burish 0 1 2 2 0
R. Dvorak 0 1 2 1 0
V. Fiddler 0 1 1 1 0
S. Ott 0 1 0 2 2
M. Ribeiro 0 1 3 1 2
M. Ryder 0 1 0 1 0
R. Garbutt 0 0 0 0 0
T. Petersen 0 0 1 0 0
T. Vincour 0 0 1 0 0
DEFENSEMEN
Name G A S +/- PIM
J. Spurgeon 0 1 2 0 0
J. Falk 0 0 1 -1 0
N. Prosser 0 0 0 -3 0
M. Scandella 0 0 2 -2 0
N. Schultz 0 0 1 -1 2
G. Zanon 0 0 1 -1 0
DEFENSEMEN
Name G A S +/- PIM
T. Daley 0 1 0 0 2
S. Robidas 0 1 2 2 0
M. Fistric 0 0 0 0 0
A. Goligoski 0 0 3 3 2
P. Larsen 0 0 0 2 0
S. Souray 0 0 4 1 2
GOALTENDER
Name S SV GA SV%
N. Backstrom(L, 16-16) 14 11 3 .786
M. Hackett 10 10 0 1.000
GOALTENDER
Name S SV GA SV%
K. Lehtonen(W, 23-15) 29 28 1 .966
Complete Box Score

PLAYER NEWS
Wild
Niklas Backstrom (MIN - Goaltender)

News: Backstrom has undergone sports hernia surgery. The team announced that Backstrom's operation went as planned on Thursday morning in Philadelphia. The procedure was done by Dr. William Meyers. The 35-year-old Backstrom aggravated the injury while warming up before Minnesota's first game of the Western Conference quarterfinal series at Chicago on April 30. Josh Harding was sent in to replace him, and Backstrom was unable to play the rest of the series. [+]
Niklas Backstrom (MIN - Goaltender)

News: Backstrom had surgery to repair a sports hernia and is expected to be fully recovered for the start of the 2013-14 season, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. [+]
Michael Rupp (MIN - Center)

News: Rupp will undergo offseason meniscus surgery and is expected to have a quick recovery process, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune's Michael Russo reports. [+]
Stars

Injury Report
Wild
Player Injury Status
C. Stoner Upper-body injury day-to-day
N. Backstrom Lower-body injury day-to-day
D. Heatley Dislocated shoulder day-to-day
Stars
No injuries to report.

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