British stone. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marcus Johnson scored twice, Matt Boldy had a goal and two assists and the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Thursday night, ending the Stars’ 11-game winning streak.
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist, Zach Bogosian also scored and Vladimir Tarasenko had two assists to help Minnesota win its second straight game after scoring in 12 straight games (10-0-2). Filip Gustavsson stopped 16 shots.
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Miro Heiskanen scored a goal and assisted once, Jason Robertson also scored for Dallas, and the team achieved a record of 9 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Jake Oettinger finished with 27 saves.
At 8:40 of the third quarter, Johnson hit a buzzer-beater from the right circle to give the Wild a 3-2 lead.
Boldy scored with 1:31 left, his 17th of the season, and Johnson added another with 50 seconds left for his 11th.
At 10:19 of the second period, Heiskanen received a pass from Esa Lindell during a faceoff in the left circle and scored shorthanded to take a 2-1 lead. It was Dallas’ first shorthanded goal of the season and Minnesota’s first goal.
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Bogosian tied the game with a timer shot from outside the left circle near the sideboard with 2:30 left in the half. This is his first goal of the season.
At 9 minutes and 32 seconds into the game, Robertson gave the Stars a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal. Robertson fired a shot from above the left circle that hit the stick of Wild defenseman Brock Faber and past Gustafson on a screen for his 20th goal.
Eriksson Ek tied the game with 3:50 left in the opening period, scoring on a rebound from Boldy’s shot during a wild sprint.
Next
Stars: Host Florida State on Saturday night.
Wild: Host Ottawa on Saturday.
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