Najlepším hráčom Minnesoty v úvode sezóne je bez debaty brankár Devan Dubnyk. Po šiestich dueloch má úspešnosť zákrokov takmer 94 a pol percenta a mal veľký podiel na každej výhre Wild. Inak tomu ani nebolo ani v Dallase, kde Divosi vyhrali 3:1, hoci Stars v druhej časti priestreľali Wild 23:11 a úvode tretej tretiny sa aj ujali vedenia. No v posledných 10 minútach sa Wild presadili trikrát a otočili duel. Vyrovnával Matt Dumba, víťazný gól dal Ryan Suter a výhru poistil gólom do prázdnej brány Zach Parise. Suter aj Parise si okrem gólov pripísali i po asistencii.
Dallas Stars – Minnesota Wild 1:3 (0:0, 0:0, 1:3)
Góly a asistencie: 41. Spezza (Heiskanen, Shore) – 50. Dumba (Granlund, Parise), 53. Suter (Staal, Zucker), 59. Parise (Suter)
Minnesota Wild: Dubnyk (Stalock) – Suter (A), Dumba, Brodin, Spurgeon, Seeler, Pateryn – Zucker, E. Staal, Read – Parise (A), M. Koivu (C), Granlund – Niederreiter, Coyle, Greenway – M. Foligno, Fehr, J.T. Brown.
Tri hviezdy zápasu:
- Devan Dubnyk (MIN) 33 zák., 1 gól, 97,1%
- Ryan Suter (MIN) 1+1
- Ben Bishop (DAL) 33 zák., 2 góly, 94,3%
Zostrih:
Štatistiky hráčov Wild:
Hráč | G | A | +/- | Strely | TM | VV | PV | Ice-time | Bd | Bl | Str | SP | ZP |
Jonas Brodin | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 17:10 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
J.T. Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 11:00 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Coyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 14:36 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
Devan Dubnyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 59:57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Dumba | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 24:58 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
Eric Fehr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | 12:04 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Marcus Foligno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 12:52 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Mikael Granlund | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 19:16 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
Jordan Greenway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | 0 | 10:32 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Mikko Koivu | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 10 | 8 | 18:45 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
Nino Niederreiter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 12:26 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Zach Parise | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | 18:33 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
Greg Pateryn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Read | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 12:55 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
Nick Seeler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 16:18 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Jared Spurgeon | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 19:55 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Staal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | 15:37 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Suter | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 24:07 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | 16:02 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
Spolu: | 3 | 5 | – | 36 | 6:00 | 21 | 22 | – | 16 | 21 | 371 | 3 | 5 |