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April 18, 2023 - 3:40am | By James McCarty
Ryan Hartman knocked in a walk-off goal in the second overtime to lead the Minnesota Wild past the Dallas Stars 3-2 in Game One of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at American Airlines Center.
HARTZY FOR THE WINNNNNN#MNWILD take Game pic.twitter.com/Q2UwFjlod9
— Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) April 18, 2023
The Wild took a 1-0 lead late in the first with a power play goal from Kirill Kaprizov, but the Stars responded with two power play goals of their own early in the second. Sam Steel scored on a breakaway later in the frame to tie the game at two, and then Jake Oettinger and Filip Gustavsson stood on their heads for the next two and a half periods until Hartman's game-winner. Gustavsson made 51 saves in the contest, while Oettinger stopped 45 shots.
The Wild lead in the best-of-seven series 1-0. Game Two is in Dallas on Wednesday.
