Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild — one of the most attractive in the first round of the playoffs of the National Hockey League. In the first face-to-face meeting of the Stanley Cup, the teams started a fire at the site of the American Airlines Center in Texas. With a full game advantage, Dallas conceded and lost their leader Joe Pavelski, who was badly damaged after a power hold by Matt Dumba.
In the second meeting before the trip to St. Paul, the “stars” had no right to lose and, as expected, went to the home court to tear and throw. As a result, a whole bag of pucks visited the gates of Minnesota. Returning to the starting lineup, the legendary Canadian Marc-Andre Fleury missed seven times in less than three periods! This is three times more than what the protagonist of the previous match, Philip Gustavsson, missed in more than 92 minutes of play, including two overtimes.
National Hockey League (NHL)April 20, 2023 • start at 04:30Finished
DallasUSA7 : 3<br />11:20 • Tyler Seguin (Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen)<br />24:07 • Jamie Benn (Roope Hinz, Miro Heiskanen)<br />25:34 • Evgeny Dadonov (Wyatt Johnston, Jamie Benn) )<br />36:08 • Evgeny Dadonov (Miro Heiskanen)<br />36:56 • Roope Hinz52:16 • Roope Hinz (Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen)<br />16:11 • Oscar Sundqvist (Gustav Nykvist, Matthew Dumba)<br /> 31:54 • Markus Johansson (Matthew Baldy, Mats Zuccarello)<br />32:05 • Frédéric Gaudreau (Gustav Nykvist, Matthew Dumba)</p>
<p> See all goals <br />The first star of the meeting was the Finnish striker “Dallas” Roop Hinz, who hit the possession of Fleury three times. A playoff hat-trick is always a highlight, but we'll make a different point. One of the main characters of the match was Evgeny Dadonov, who will remember today for a long time, because he scored his first goal in his career in the Stanley Cup.</p>
<p>And this significant event would not have been so unusual if it were not for one «but» in the form of the return of Evgeny and his gaming experience. Dadonov has nine incomplete seasons in the NHL behind him, and the current one is only the second for the Russian striker to participate in the playoffs. Now he has goals in the Stanley Cups to his credit. At 34! It is obvious that the Russian exchange in “Dallas” has only benefited. This was noticeable even in the final segment of the regular season.</p>
<p>Moreover, Evgeny did not limit himself to one goal today and immediately scored a double. Both pucks turned out to be very effective. At first, Dadonov skillfully threw Fleury, who was already lying on the ice, with a backhand, and ten minutes later, the Russian famously put his stick after Miro Heiskanen's throw. In both cases, the star goalkeeper, “Minnesota” had no chance of saving his gate.</p>
<p>Wild in the second period still tried to turn the course of the meeting in their favor, but in vain. In total, the “savages” scored three goals, and Kirill Kaprizov did not take direct part in any of them. Only in the episode with the goal of Markus Johansson, the Russian fought for a position in the slot zone and saved his partner from unnecessary guardianship. Otherwise, Kaprizov is unlikely to be able to take the last meeting into his asset.</p>
<p>Kirill was constantly provoked, pushed and beaten on the sly throughout both the last game and today. Referees ignored the actions of the Stars players, and this ultimately angered the leader of the Minnesota. Even during the match, Kaprizov entered into a verbal skirmish with one of his main enemies, Ryan Suter, and at the end of the meeting, fists also went into action. The Russian competed against Max Domi, although he did not have a full-fledged fight on his bare hands.</p>
<p>Both Kaprizov and Domi were sent off before the end of the match for violating sports discipline. For the same reason, after a few minutes on the pitch there are five players, which is why the total number of penalty minutes for both teams in total exceeded 90.<br />“This is hockey, this is the playoffs. There are always a lot of emotions. Emotions in every game. They were there today,» Wild head coach Dean Evason, who himself is one of the most emotional people in the entire league, spoke briefly and calmly on this topic.<br />The next meeting will be held on April 22 in St. Paul, and it is obvious that the hottest fight is yet to come.</p>
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