Dallas Stars vs Minnesota Wild Match Player Stats On Nov 12, 2023

Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston each had two goals and an assist, and the Dallas Stars cruised to an 8-3 win over the host Minnesota Wild on Sunday evening in Saint Paul, Minn.

Matt Duchene finished with a goal and an assist for Dallas, which won its third consecutive game. Joe Pavelski, Radek Faksa and Evgenii Dadonov also scored.

Minnesota dropped its third game in a row. Brandon Duhaime, Vinni Lettieri and Mats Zuccarello scored one goal apiece for the Wild.

Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger stopped 23 of 26 shots to earn the victory.

Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury allowed eight goals on 37 shots.

Dallas led 3-2 at the end of the first period.

The Stars opened the scoring with a power-play goal less than a minute after the start of the game. Pavelski punched in a rebound from the front of the crease for his sixth goal of the season.

With the goal, Pavelski moved into ninth place on the all-time list for most points by a U.S.-born player. He notched his 1,014th career point to surpass Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine. The all-time leader is Michigan native Mike Modano with 1,374 points.

Faksa added a short-handed goal to make it 2-0 in favor of the Stars.

Minnesota pulled within 2-1 on a goal by Duhaime midway through the first period.

Duchene increased the Stars' lead to 3-1 only 49 seconds later.

Lettieri cut the deficit to 3-2 for the Wild when he scored with 48 seconds left in the first period.

In the second period, Dallas increased the lead to 5-3. Johnston and Dadonov tallied back-to-back goals, both of which came on the power play, to help the Stars cushion their lead.

The Wild pulled within two goals on Zuccarello's fourth goal with 4:01 left in the second period, also on a power play.

Dallas started the third period with two goals from Robertson to seize a 7-3 lead. He scored both goals on the power play after Duhaime drew a five-minute major and a 10-minute misconduct for boarding.

Robertson scored his first goal of the game by punching in a loose puck from the slot. He struck again with a one-timer from near the blue line with 16:51 remaining.

Johnston notched a short-handed goal with 2:03 to play for his second marker of the game and seventh of the season.

--Field Level Media