It’s a win or go home situation in the Western Conference playoffs on the ice as a series shifts to the Land of 10,000 Lakes. The Dallas Stars have a chance to eliminate the Minnesota Wild when the teams meet in Game 6 of their best of seven first-round series Friday night. Minnesota opened the series with a 3-2 road overtime win in Game 1 on April 17 before Dallas evened things up by taking Game 2 7-3 at home April 19. The Wild regained the series lead with a 5-1 triumph in Game 3 at home last Friday but the Stars have taken the last two games. Dallas prevailed 3-2 on the road in Game 4 Sunday before blanking the Wild 4-0 in Game 5 Tuesday night at home. Will Minnesota force a decisive Game 7 or will Dallas close things out here?
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Dallas found themselves down 2-1 in the series before stealing Game 4 here with Jake Oettinger sprawling to prevent the tying goal in the dying seconds of regulation. The Stars then returned home and took care of business in Game 5 to put themselves in the driver’s seat for this series. Dallas stands 6th in the league in goals per game in the postseason as they average 3.40 goals per contest. The Stars stand 2nd in the league in goals against as they allow an average of 2.60 goals a night this postseason. Dallas is 3rd when it comes to success on the power play as they convert on 40.9% of their chances with the man advantage this postseason. The Stars are 7th in penalty killing as they successfully navigate 80% of their shorthanded situations in the playoffs.
In a critical Game 5, Dallas was strong in both ends of the ice and that proved critical as they carved out the win and took the series lead. The Stars held an 11-5 edge in shots on goal in the opening period and took a 2-0 lead to the dressing room after 20 minutes of play. Tyler Seguin opened the scoring with his fourth goal of the postseason, on the power play, at 2:22 off assists from Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz. Later in the period, Robertson dented the twine for the second time in the playoffs, on the power play, at 11:02 with assists going to Miro Heiskanen and Hintz to give the Stars a 2-0 lead. In the second period, Dallas was outshot 11-7 but they scored the lone goal of the period to take a 3-0 lead at the second intermission. Mason Marchment tallied his first goal of the playoffs at 1:19 off assists from Seguin and Hintz to give Dallas a 3-0 advantage. In the third period, Dallas was outshot 9-7 but scored the only goal to put the game away. Ty Dellandrea hit the empty net for his first goal of the playoffs at 16:03 off assists from Max Domi and Ryan Suter . Jake Oettinger made 27 saves for the Stars, who were outshot 27-25, in the shutout win. He’ll be back between the pipes for this contest as well.