Dallas Stars live game notes: Game 6 at Minnesota Wild
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Apr 25, 2026; Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Dallas Stars forward Jason Robertson (21) shoots the puck against the Minnesota Wild during the first period in game four of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Grand Casino Arena. Mandatory Credit: Nick Wosika-Imagn Images
The Dallas Stars — in a BLANK Game 6 BLANK against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena on Thursday.
Stars lines
- Robertson – Johnston – Bourque
- Steel – Duchene – Rantanen
- Bunting – Hryckowian – Benn
- Bäck – Faksa – Blackwell
- Harley – Heiskanen
- Lindell – Lyubushkin
- Bichsel – Petrovic
- Oettinger
- DeSmith
Scratches: Erne, Myers, Hyry (injured), Capobianco, Lundkvist (injured), Bastian (injured), Hintz (injured), Seguin (SELTIR)
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Live game notebook
Period 1- The first goal is huge tonight. The Stars, while confident and veteran, are also human. They understand the struggles they have had. If they go down 1-0 and can’t muster up shots, they could lose even more confidence and really start to squeeze their sticks.
- Oof, ^^ is exactly what happened. Unlike Games 3 and 4 when Minnesota took bad penalties and allowed Dallas to score early power-play goals to silence the crowd, the Wild have dominated the early going here. After an easy breakout, Dallas gets too puck focused and skates past the slot to allow a cross-ice pass to Quinn Hughes at the point. Hughes toe drags around Radek Faksa and snipes one over Jake Oettinger’s glove. Crowd goes crazy.
QUINNESOTA!!!
— Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) April 30, 2026
Quinn Hughes kicks off Game 6! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/tGKbGTDBcQ
- Dallas has spent almost no time in the Minnesota end. The Wild have packed the interior, forced Dallas into turnovers, and only given up two shots through 12 minutes.
- Well, the game has settled in. That’s good news for the Stars because it was all Minnesota.
- Mikko Rantanen took a high stick, tried to sell it with full elevation, and left the game. Not sure if it was from a concussion spotter — to go into protocol — or if there is an injury there.
Mikko Rantanen has just gone down the tunnel after this play. pic.twitter.com/vSx68TcLkA
— Robert Tiffin (@RobertTiffin) May 1, 2026
- The Stars did not rack up shots or create much, but they did settle the Wild’s push and even out the game. At least a little. That’s a start. But they have to score some goals over the final 40.
Wild 1, Stars 0
Period 2- Rantanen is back to start the second period.
- Matt Duchene gets called for cross checking… It wasn’t much, and the Minnesota power play was unimpressive.