Wild light up Stars for six goals to take a 1-0 series lead in Stanley Cup Playoffs

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-wild/j9Ck7BHi/"]Wild[/a] put up four goals in the first two periods on a whopping 26 shots that put them to an unreachable lead. Goalie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wallstedt-jesper/OjlzZAgi/"]Jesper Wallstedt[/a], who made his first career playoff appearance, recorded 28 saves.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eriksson-joel-ek/MqJsKiZS/"]Eriksson Ek[/a] got things started with a power play goal for the game's lone goal in the first period that put the Wild up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/dallas-stars-vVAvnIuC/minnesota-wild-j9Ck7BHi/?mid=bXADTLXp"]1-0[/a], which was assisted by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/boldy-matthew/Uo8KxuyO/"]Boldy[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="fafcc61c-6465-4e36-8537-eab63ce6d6f2" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2045624692770304139?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]After the Wild's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johansson-marcus/SvgkAD4Q/"]Marcus Johansson[/a] got a two-minute minor for slashing, the Stars failed to take advantage to tie it up at one apiece. [/p][p][b]Enter the second period, it only took 56 seconds for Minnesota's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kaprizov-kirill/dUVy6hct/"]Kirill Kaprizov[/a] to snipe one by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-stars/vVAvnIuC/"]Dallas[/a] goalie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oettinger-jake/fkHJeW0T/"]Jake Oettinger[/a] to put his squad up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/dallas-stars-vVAvnIuC/minnesota-wild-j9Ck7BHi/?mid=bXADTLXp"]2-0[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="f8820d47-9990-42fa-9192-3647dd939380" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2045637530293338268?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Less than three minutes later, the Wild would continue to pour it on.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hartman-ryan/hp1XmbfH/"]Ryan Hartman[/a] would put the Wild up 3-0 less than two minutes after Kaprizov's goal before Boldy would score his first of two, making it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/dallas-stars-vVAvnIuC/minnesota-wild-j9Ck7BHi/?mid=bXADTLXp"]4-0[/a]. [/b][/p][embed guid="3f28f383-0093-4988-9c30-0c150b0858af" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2045639998771462190?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]As some Dallas fans began to leave their seats at this point, despite being in the second period, Dallas finally got on the board themselves. [/p][p][b]After failing on their first power play, Dallas capitalized with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-jason/bZecfUHu/"]Jason Robertson[/a] goal to cut the lead to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/dallas-stars-vVAvnIuC/minnesota-wild-j9Ck7BHi/?mid=bXADTLXp"]4-1[/a]. [/b][/p][p]But that's all the Stars could muster up en route to a beatdown. [/p][p][b]Eriksson Ek would make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/dallas-stars-vVAvnIuC/minnesota-wild-j9Ck7BHi/?mid=bXADTLXp"]5-1[/a] with another power play goal of his own, followed by Boldy's second of the game in an empty-netter as the final nail in the coffin. [/b][/p][p]Boldy led all players with a stellar [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/dallas-stars-vVAvnIuC/minnesota-wild-j9Ck7BHi/?mid=bXADTLXp"]9.1 player rating for the game[/a].[/p][p]Game 2 between the Stars and Wild will take place on Monday, April 20th at 9:30 p.m.[/p][embed guid="5b1559a4-66b4-4018-98c1-ed3373ad6e6f" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iW2WCRuiwk" social-type="youtube" /]