On Tuesday night, the Minnesota Wild played one of their most professional games of the season. Led by Mats Zuccarello’s return and a suffocating defensive effort, the Wild scored a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars and took a 3-2 lead in their first-round Western Conference series.

The Dallas Stars will look to play with a sense of calm as they face elimination in Game 6 against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in St. Paul. Dallas has dropped back-to-back games in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinals series and trails Minnesota 3-2,

Mats Zuccarello and the Minnesota Wild are now in the position that they try to be in every season in the NHL playoffs. Things feel a bit different now, with the Wild going home for Game 6 on Thursday night with a chance to eliminate the Dallas Stars and advance to the second round for the first time since 2015.

It was in keeping with his understated nature that Wild veteran defenseman Jonas Brodin took a Mikko Rantanen shot off the foot in the second period of Game 5, skated

Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists, and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Dallas Stars 4-2 in Game 5 of the Western Conference First Round at American Airlines Center on Tuesday.​ The Wild lead the best-of-7 series 3-2.

The Dallas Stars buy into the notion that frustration is useless during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Also getting angry, annoyed or just flat out screaming mad, for that matter. "Well, yeah, it gets frustrating sometimes,

The Dallas Stars are back in North Texas with another pivotal game on the docket. The Stars and Minnesota Wild will face off at American Airlines Center on Tuesday night for Game 5 of their Stanley Cup playoff series.