Stars defeat Wild to even up playoff series 1-1 heading into Game 3

[p]Home teams that start off 1-1 in a series go on to win the series 55% of the time, with the opposite for the road team being 45%. [/p][p]The series now heads to Minnesota for Game 3 (April 22nd) and Game 4 (April 25th).[/p][embed guid="0ce0b3d1-1781-4391-8360-37839dc86487" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyiyGdtirsc" social-type="youtube" /][h2]Recap & Highlights[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-wild/j9Ck7BHi/"]Minnesota[/a] would have the first big opportunity after going on the power play 4:17 into the game. But after not capitalizing, the Stars made them pay. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johnston-wyatt/xU4qntHs/"]Wyatt Johnston[/a] would score the first goal of the game to put [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-stars/vVAvnIuC/"]Dallas[/a] up 1-0 for all but a couple of minutes...[/b][/p][embed guid="598cb2c2-6228-4cb3-83da-87c1c6aa0c57" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2046411617491956077?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Johnston would tie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lehtinen-jere/r5qZejM2/"]Jere Lehtinen[/a] for the second-most game-opening playoff goals (8) in Stars history, now sitting behind franchise all-time leader [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/modano-mike/KdQnRSqD/"]Mike Modano[/a] (13). [/p][p][b]That one-goal lead would go away as quickly as it came after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/faber-brock/Wf0jDNit/"]Brock Faber[/a] would tie it up 1-1 just two minutes later for his first goal of the playoffs. [/b][/p][embed guid="6adb2cb3-cb4c-458c-b652-677fc1e86477" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2046413518006612391?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Minnesota's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/foligno-nick/nJWrbfeb/"]Nick Foligno[/a] would get called for elbowing in the second period's first penalty, leaving the Stars to take the lead once again. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/duchene-matt/z3asHHNm/"]Matt Duchene[/a] would score the power play goal that put the Stars up 2-1 as the lone goal of the second period between both teams.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heiskanen-miro/bNHedyM4/"]Miro Heiskanen[/a], who recorded an assist on the goal, became the third-fastest non-USA defenseman to reach 50 career playoff assists, sitting behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zubov-sergei/IgXlW3Di/"]Sergei Zubov[/a] (80 games) and Sandis Ozolinsh (81 games).[/p][embed guid="e53159b6-05f1-46b6-be14-2a31189d3e6d" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2046424976463442087?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]After Duchene's goal, both teams would combine for a total of eight more penalties in the period, with neither team taking advantage of the extra opportunities. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-jason/bZecfUHu/"]Robertson[/a] would get in the action with his second goal of the playoffs to give the Stars a 3-1 lead in the third period. [/b][/p][embed guid="8a91a2ec-4067-4c47-8c80-d615ff571941" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2046443464313679927?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]After some great saves from Dallas goaltender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oettinger-jake/fkHJeW0T/"]Jake Oettinger[/a], the Wild would find their way past him. [/p][p][b]Faber would snipe his second goal of the game to pull the Wild back within one with half the third period to go, making it the first multi-goal game of his career in both the regular season and playoffs. [/b][/p][embed guid="d5df27db-639c-489b-aa2e-9c5a28a65b9a" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2046444973227167852?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]For most of the period, neither team would commit a penalty until Dallas was whistled for too many men on the ice with 3:44 left, leaving Minnesota's No. 3 power play a chance to tie it all up. [/p][p]In a wild turn of events, right after Dallas killed the penalty, Minnesota would get called for the same penalty with 1:32 remaining, down by one, leaving them in the toughest situation possible. [/p][p][b]Johnston would score his second goal of the game with the empty-netter to make it 4-2 as Dallas would even the series up. [/b][/p][p]After a rough first game, Oettinger bounced back in net for the Stars, making 28 saves on Minnesota's 30 shots on goal. [/p]