On Sunday, the Minnesota Wild’s Alex Stalock made 26 saves in a 3-2 win over the visiting Dallas Stars after the skills portion of the evening’s events.
Zach Parise pushed the game to extra time when he scored with 2L30 left in the third period.
“I saw the puck go up and in your mind, you’re waiting it seems like for a long time, you’re just waiting for it to get below the crossbar, waiting and waiting,” Parise said. “And I hit it square. I hit it pretty good. It just happened to find that hole. Big for us to get ourselves into overtime.”
The Wild are 6-0-3 over the last nine games, not bad for a team declared dead a few weeks back.
Blake Comeau and John Klingberg scored for the Stars, who dropped to 15-10-3.
“That’s what’s great about hockey,” Stars captain Jamie Benn said. “Look at the standings, it’s pretty tight. A lot of great teams in this League. Every night’s a battle. You have your ups and your downs, your wins and your losses, it’s really who stays most consistent and who bounces back best from losses.”
Kevin Fiala also scored for the Wild.
Mikko Koivu was credited with the deciding goal in the shootout.
“(The goal) would have felt better with a win,” Comeau said. “That being said, there’s good things to build off of. They got some lucky power-play goals. It was a nice goal by Parise on that last one to bat it out of the air, and the first one was just a bouncing puck that popped out and they threw it into the corner. They’re playing well right now, especially at home. We’re disappointed we didn’t take two points, but to come in here and get one, it’s something to build off of and now we have to get ready for Winnipeg (on Tuesday).”
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Ben Bishop made 27 saves in the loss.
“It’s funny. When I took the Dallas job, I remember calling (then Chicago Blackhawks coach) Joel Quenneville and he’s like, ‘Well, I’m not happy to see you in the division, but welcome to the best division in sports,’ Stars head coach Jim Montgomery said. “It’s amazing how many teams are winning. That’s a really good hockey team in Minnesota, the way they’re playing right now. We played really well. We didn’t win the game.”
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