Game Three Showdown: Stars vs Wild

0:00On April 22nd, Game 3 of the Western Conference first round tips off tonight at 9.30pm Eastern time, with the Dallas Stars visiting the Minnesota Wild at Gran Casino Arena. The series is tied 1-1 after the stars evened it up with a 4-2 win in Game 2. Rookie Golly Jesper Walstead grabs his first home playoff start for Minnesota after holding steady on the road. At face 59 shots across the first two games, letting in just 4 goals, including one in that 6-1 blowout win for the wild. Dallas netminder Jake Oed and Jure bounce back big time too, stopping 28 of 30 in Game 2, shaking off a rough game 1 and is recent. Post season struggles. Eyes will be on special teams, where both squads dominated one game each so far, wild in the opener, stars in the reply. Dallas plans to keep grinding Matt Bodie and Karyl Kaprizal physically to slow their speed, like they did last time. Amiko Rantan and has to watch his stick. He's already racked up 4 minors in 2 games.

1:02Injuries hit both sides. Dallas without Rupense and Tyler Sugain, long-term, sticking with their Game 2 lineup. Minnesota hopes Matt's Zookarello suits up, despite his upper body issue. He's a game time call that could shake things up front. Whoever grabs this game 3 takes a real edge team's winning it in a tied series, advanced 66% of the time, expect fireworks as the Central Division rivals push harder on home ice. This has been NHL News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.