⭐ Away Stars 35-34-10
1–3
Final
🌲 Home Wild 37-33-9
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⭐ DAL 0011
🌲 MIN 1203

Stars at Wild

Wild beat Stars 3–1 at Xcel Energy Center on April 7, 2009.

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Stars lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Marian Gaborik
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 18:05 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Owen Nolan
1 G
4 shots · 16:22 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Eric Belanger
1 G
2 shots · 14:39 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Marian Gaborik Go-ahead 1st · 14:26
Assists: Andrew Brunette, James Sheppard · beat Matt Climie
0–1
2nd period
🌲 Eric Belanger PP 2nd · 08:58
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Kurtis Foster · beat Matt Climie
0–2
🌲 Owen Nolan PP 2nd · 14:28
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Mikko Koivu · beat Matt Climie
0–3
3rd period
⭐ Fabian Brunnstrom 3rd · 07:26
Assists: Mike Ribeiro, Steve Ott · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⭐Stars
L1 Eriksson · Neal · Ribeiro 18:51
L2 Wandell · Ott · Lehtinen 16:48
L3 Brunnstrom · Morrison · Modano 12:38
L4 Begin · Sutherby · Parrish 11:52
D1 Niskanen · Fistric 20:22
D2 Grossmann · Sydor 19:38
D3 Hutchinson · Vishnevskiy 17:26
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Koivu · Gaborik 18:33
L2 Veilleux · Clutterbuck · Nolan 16:22
L3 Belanger · Sheppard · Miettinen 14:39
L4 Scott · Olvecky · Gillies 10:27
L5 Fritsche 6:40
D1 Zidlicky · Skoula 26:32
D2 Bergeron · Johnsson 23:47
D3 Foster 8:46

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⭐DAL MIN🌲
28 Shots on goal 32
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
10 Hits 14
9 Blocked shots 8
5 Takeaways 3
5 Giveaways 9
10 Penalty minutes 4
DAL shooting 3.6% (1/28) MIN shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⭐Stars
Matt Climie
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:46 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 59:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Stars
Stars — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 9-14-4 (33% win rate, 27 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-4-1 (67% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Stars
Stars — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-7 (0% win rate, 7 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Stars lead the season series 3–1
Mar 142009 🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL 2–3 OT Nov 262008 ⭐DAL @ 🌲MIN 4–3 Oct 292008 🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL 2–4 Feb 72008 ⭐DAL @ 🌲MIN 1–0 Jan 72008 🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL 1–3
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❓ DAL vs MIN, answered

Who won Stars vs Wild on April 7, 2009?

Wild won 3–1. The final score was Stars 1, Wild 3.

Who scored for Stars?

Fabian Brunnstrom.

Who scored for Wild?

Eric Belanger, Marian Gaborik, Owen Nolan.

How did the Stars goalie play?

Matt Climie made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

Where is Stars vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Stars vs Wild season series?

Stars lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⭐ Stars
BeforeApr 4 🎵STL @ ⭐DAL 4–5 AfterApr 9 ⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL 3–2
🌲 Wild
BeforeApr 5 🌲MIN @ 🐙DET 2–3 AfterApr 10 🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN 4–8
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