Minnesota Wild 1
Dallas Stars 2
The Minnesota Wild were defeated by the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Saturday night. Minnesota will head back to St. Paul down two games in the best-of-seven series.
1.Controversial goal
With the game scoreless in the the second period Minnesota tried clearing the puck from behind their net. The puck ended up going off the skate of Antoine Roussel; onto the back of Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk trickling into the net.
It initially was ruled no-goal until an official review reversed the call awarding Dallas the goal.
GOOD GOAL!!!! #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/c0o6rnTioq
— NBC Sports Hockey (@NBCSportsHockey) April 17, 2016
2. Scandela ends drought
Marco Scandella scored the lone Wild goal in the third period ending Minnesota’s scoring drought that was over five periods long. It also gave the Wild its first power play goal in 20-plus tries.
Scandella scores the #mnwild's first goal of the series…Wild was working on 2 consecutive shutouts for 1st time since 2003 WCF
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) April 17, 2016
Snapped a 0 for 21 PP goal drought
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) April 17, 2016
3. Granlund can’t finish
Mikael Granlund received three prime scoring chances in the first period but failed to put the puck in the net.
Mikael Granlund unable to get this shot off right away, giving Kari Lehtonen time to recover. #MNWild pic.twitter.com/d6y8gtgpxK
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) April 17, 2016
Granlund's semi-whiff in slo mo + head shake in one convenient GIF pic.twitter.com/Ta0mCY3dSE
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) April 17, 2016
Tweet of the Night:
Didn't seem that long ago that the #MNWild were the closest of the four major male pro teams in town to a title. Now? They 4th?
— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) April 17, 2016
Up Next:
With Dallas leading the series 2-0, Game 3 is Monday night in St. Paul.
