Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars : Game Recap

Hockey (gctsports.blogspot.com) - Here you will get Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars game re cup news Minnesota Wild 5 – 3 Dallas Stars. For Dallas perspective, please visit Defending Big D. You're welcome Chicago. Todd Richards said it best tonight, it's a “bitter sweet feeling.” The game was as intense and as fun a game to watch as.

Todd Richards said it best tonight, it's a "bitter sweet feeling." The game was as intense and as fun a game to watch as there has been all year. Richards called it "Game 7 for Dallas," and the fans at the X made it feel like one, too. As loud as this place has ever been, you would have thought the Wild were the ones playing to make the dance. Instead, the Wild win, send the Blackhawks to Vancouver, and the fans finally got the show they deserved all year.

This wasn't an easy one on anyone. The Wild did not dominate the game, and Dallas put up an impressive fight. At every turn, though, the Wild battled back. Down 2-1, they scored two and leave the second period tied. They fight through the third period and finally take a 4-3 lead, and locked down the defense a little bit. The empty netter was an exclamation point from Pierre-Marc Bouchard, and believe me, the fans celebrated it like a Cup-clincher.

I'm really proud of those guys. They just battled their tails off," Crawford said. "They kept giving forth the effort, and you look at it coming down the stretch: Nobody gave us much of a chance.

Daley ignited a three-goal flurry over a 1:31 span in the second period, Kari Lehtonen made 14 saves for his 15th career shutout, and the Stars continued their home dominance over the Minnesota Wild with a 4-0 victory on Friday night.

Tom Wandell and Mike Ribeiro added second-period goals for the Stars, 6-0-2 in their last eight games.

Jamie Benn scored a goal in his sixth consecutive game to help Dallas move to fourth in the Western Conference playoff race with 82 points.

The Stars watched the Blackhawks lose at home to Detroit as a team, and the mood as they prepared to take the ice was "euphoric" and "excited," according to coach Marc Crawford.

Though the Stars weren't consistently sharp with the puck and they managed only three shots on goal in the second period, their energetic stretches led to plenty of quality scoring chances. Dallas was on a four-game winning streak, in position to catch Chicago and win the head-to-head tiebreaker after looking all but finished a week and a half ago.