Wild Complete Comeback, Beat Stars 3-2 in Overtime – Hockey Writers – Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild (22-10-4) scored twice in the third period to complete a comeback to beat the Dallas Stars (20-13-1) 3-2 in overtime on Friday night. Brock Faber scored the winning goal, and Filip Gustavsson had 27 saves in the win. Evgenii Dadonov and Wyatt Johnston each had two points for the Stars and Jake Oettinger stopped 15 shots in the loss.

Recap of the game

Friday night was all Dallas for the first 40 minutes of the hockey game, and it started from the drop of the puck. The Stars outshot the Wild 14-4 in the first half, and without Gustavsson's early play, this game could have quickly gotten out of hand.

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Dadonov opened the scoring for the Stars at 9:52 of the first period, collecting a simple pass from Johnston at the blue line, beating Gustavsson as he broke away from the blocker for his ninth goal of the season.

Dallas again controlled most of the second half, outscoring the Wild 8-5. Johnston scored his seventh of the season, giving the Stars a 2-0 lead at 15:08 with a wrist shot from the slot.

The Wild played their best hockey of the game in the third period, outscoring the Stars 8-7. After Oettinger kept the score 2-0 in overtime, Jonas Brodin thwarted the closing effort at 10:36 with a wrist shot from the left circle. Marcus Foligno tied the game 57 seconds later as Jared Spurgeon's shot bounced off Folingo and past Oettinger.

Brock Faber wasted no time in the extra frame, beating Oettinger with a curling shot 35 seconds into overtime.

The Stars are now 13-5-1 at home after their first OT loss of the season. They now travel to Chicago to face the Blackhawks on Sunday.

The Wild are now an NHL-best 13-3-3 on the road and just three points back of the Winnipeg Jets for first in the Central Division. The Wild will host the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night.