Dallas Stars live game notes: Game 6 at Minnesota Wild

Apr 25, 2026; Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Dallas Stars forward Jason Robertson (21) shoots the puck against the Minnesota Wild during the first period in game four of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Grand Casino Arena. Mandatory Credit: Nick Wosika-Imagn Images The Dallas Stars — in a BLANK Game 6 BLANK against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena on Thursday. Stars lines Robertson – Johnston – Bourque Steel – Duchene – Rantanen Bunting – Hryckowian – Benn Bäck – Faksa – Blackwell Harley – Heiskanen Lindell – Lyubushkin Bichsel – Petrovic Oettinger DeSmith Scratches: Erne, Myers, Hyry (injured), Capobianco, Lundkvist (injured), Bastian (injured), Hintz (injured), Seguin (SELTIR) Top story Do or die.

Talk is talk. Time to prove it because the runway is up. Live game notebook Period 1 The first goal is huge tonight.

The Stars, while confident and veteran, are also human. They understand the struggles they have had. If they go down 1-0 and can’t muster up shots, they could lose even more confidence and really start to squeeze their sticks.

Oof, ^^ is exactly what happened. Unlike Games 3 and 4 when Minnesota took bad penalties and allowed Dallas to score early power-play goals to silence the crowd, the Wild have dominated the early going here. After an easy breakout, Dallas gets too puck focused and skates past the slot to allow a cross-ice pass to Quinn Hughes at the point.