[Recap/Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022030164)
###Boxscore
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/dallasstars)|0|1|2|3|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|0|0|2|2|
###Team Stats
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocked|FO Wins|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Plays|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/dallasstars)|24|32|18|51.0%|6|2|2/3|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|35|26|16|49.0%|12|11|1/4|
###Goal Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|2nd|15:42|[](/r/dallasstars)|Power Play|Tyler Seguin (2) Deflected, assists: Roope Hintz (2), Jason Robertson (3)|
|3rd|03:05|[](/r/dallasstars)|Even|[Evgenii Dadonov (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Roope Hintz (3), Esa Lindell (1)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/b0742c5e-f2b2-4482-b745-25c107d2af5d.mp4)|
|3rd|05:58|[](/r/wildhockey)|Even|[John Klingberg (1) Snap Shot, assists: Mats Zuccarello (3), Ryan Hartman (3)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/07ac3d03-66ef-46c4-9bd8-b156de0dfaf9.mp4)|
|3rd|16:29|[](/r/dallasstars)|Power Play|Tyler Seguin (0) Wrist Shot, assists: Jamie Benn (3)|
|3rd|18:40|[](/r/wildhockey)|Power Play|Frederick Gaudreau (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Matt Boldy (3), John Klingberg (3)|
###Penalty Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|2nd|01:46|[](/r/wildhockey)|Minor|2|Sam Steel High-sticking against Ryan Suter|
|2nd|12:03|[](/r/dallasstars)|Minor|2|Miro Heiskanen Cross-checking against Sam Steel|
|2nd|14:53|[](/r/wildhockey)|Minor|2|Marcus Foligno Interference against Jani Hakanpää|
|2nd|18:21|[](/r/dallasstars)|Minor|2|Thomas Harley Roughing against Marcus Foligno|
|3rd|00:57|[](/r/dallasstars)|Minor|2|Evgenii Dadonov Interference against Gustav Nyquist|
|3rd|15:11|[](/r/wildhockey)|Minor|2|Marcus Foligno Tripping against Mason Marchment|
|3rd|16:29|[](/r/wildhockey)|Misconduct|10|Ryan Hartman Misconduct|
|3rd|18:27|[](/r/dallasstars)|Minor|2|Jani Hakanpää Tripping against Mats Zuccarello|
by HockeyMod
37 Comments
Refs absolutely decided that game. The strength of Dallas is the powerplay and they were gifted golden shits of opportunity that weren’t deserved. Not that they didn’t give the Wild opportunity on the powerplay, but that’s not their strength.
Previous years refs: anything goes, get tougher it’s the playoffs.
Wild get tougher.
This years refs: oh sorry you get a misconduct for looking at me funny. Softer than a baby’s ass
I understand that the Wild got too cute on a lot of their chances and just couldn’t convert things they need to be but **FUCK THE REFS FUCK RYAN SUTER FUCK NORM GREEN LET’S WIN THE NEXT 2 AND ADVANCE ON HOME ICE**
Kaprizov, Boldy, and Foligno each blew multiple blown golden opportunities. That’s the real difference.
I don’t care what Dan Barreiro says tomorrow, the refs fucked us.
I really wanted them to win this one… more than most games.
NHL gets their way, headed back to Dallas even!
Fucking despicable
Rigggggged
Nawh. Investigate that officiating crew. Sus. Fuck that. I was gonna try to be cordial and break out my “youth coach voice” fuck that.
I remember being marginally fine with Stars fans at the start of this series. They can fuck themselves. The refs too. What a crock of shit
Dallas got saved by the tendie. Dude is playing like he’s the best in nhl
Penalties and our poor Penalty Kill were the stories of the game again
Have to say I’m impressed the officiating crew can skate so well for people that can’t fucking see
what a fucking joke
99 times out of 100 times the Wild win that game. They played better than the Stars and deserved the win. Absolutely brutal calls, and it’s hard to overcome two absolutely gifted goals. If we had even 1% more puck luck the Wild are laughing their way to Dallas up 3-1.
I guess the silver lining here is that we’ve been winning the periods as of late. Feeling absolutely disgusted right now. Please have a god tier game in Dallas Fleury.
Edit: Guys, I’m not saying I want Fleury to start in Dallas. It just seems like what Evason wants considering his statements up to this point.
They scored two goals off of bullshit penalties and won by one. Seems legit
What an annoying game. I wish I could say it was hard fought, but that performance was just bleh. Unlucky at times, but not why we lost. Great game by Oettinger.
they really battled to get back in it but man those missed breakaways hurt
The refs were bad but our special teams play the last two years in the playoffs have been unacceptable. The PK was around 60% going into the game and was 1/3 tonight.
Terrible.
There were so many missed chances on goal! Need to bring it for game 5 now!
NHL reffing is a joke. Weak calls for us and them. Missed breakaways really were the difference though. Just needed any of those to get past Otter and they would have won. Fuck the Stars, let’s steal the lead in Dallas.
“A must win face off for Minnesota, and Benn wins it”
Because of course. God forbid we go up 3-1 in a series.
Oettinger played great, tip of the cap. Let’s go get Game 5 so we can potentially close it out at home
Wild had their chances and missed them tonight. Shit. Back to the grind.
I’m just so over this whole experience. Dallas scores *once* if there wasn’t a Moose-sized bias in the officiating. Every single year, we get the shitty time slots, we have biased commentators, and we have uneven officiating. It’s just so fucking hard to care when the NHL is actively sabotaging their own product in smaller markets.
As a referee fan, I was really nervous we weren’t going to make the pivotal calls we needed to make it all about us. Happy to see us pull it through in the end though and keep our run going.
Imagine if we showed up and played like that for a full 60 mins.
Again, we are incapable of stringing two consistent performances together in the post season. We seem to come out flat after W’s.
Shameful that such a great game by both teams was decided by officiating. Fuck Dallas and fuck warm weather hockey.
Goalie, Snakebit, and fucked by the refs and Dallas still BARELY won. Play that game 100 time and we win 95 of em. Keep going MN.
Kap looks off his game, not sure if it’s that he’s not fully healthy, or maybe just playing a little tense. Top line has been pretty useless & risky this series for the most part.
I really think those calls went against Foligno solely because of his mock dive last game. What an offensive showing by officials. Put your egos aside and call a decent fucking game.
What a frustrating way to spend 2.5 hours. Every year feels the same, we clearly look like the better team but can’t fucking capitalize.
First time ever seeing a wild player get checked in the face with a stick, bleed, then get the pentalty called on himself
Nothing makes sense about reffing.. like it’s so volatile you have no fucking idea what the call is even when it’s blatant…
Moose gets crossed checked to his face and is BLEEDING FROM HIS FUCKING NOSE and we get called for tripping.. holy fuck.
It makes no fucking sense… I can’t wait to see that clip and how other teams react to that.. one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen.. ever.
God shut up about the refs please. It’s pathetic when we do it, it’s pathetic when Stars fans do it. Not a good look for anyone.
Complaining about the refs is inarguably lame but wow, two absolutely crap calls resulting in goals. Coincidentally on the same player. Bullshit loss.