Tarasenko OT Goal Lifts Wild Over Stars

0:00It's March 21st for the NHL. Let's get into it. Vladimir Tarasenko scored just over three minutes into overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a tight two-to-one win over the Dallas stars. The victory came Saturday night at the Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul and helps Minnesota stay in the Central Division Hunt. The Wild got great set-up play from Bobby Brink, who drew defenders before feeding Tarasenko for the winner past Goli Jake Oatinger. Minnesota now sits five points behind Dallas for second place. Though the stars have two games in hand, Colorado leads the division by three points over Dallas. Fans saw strong goal-tending on both sides, with Philip Gustafson stopping 28 shots for the Wild, and Udinger making 26 for Dallas. The stars had been on a hot streak, going 16 wins, one loss, and two overtime losses in their last 19 games. And also scored the tying goal in the second period on a breakaway, his second since joining Minnesota from Philadelphia earlier this month.

1:01Dallas had taken the lead on a power play goal from Jason Robertson in the first. This result keeps the Central Division race wide open, as these teams push toward the playoffs with plenty of hockey left to play.