MInnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars: Wild Whomp on Dallas recap

Mathew Dumba scored his first NHL goal, and had an excellent game. Yeo talked after the game about how Dumba continues to take steps to improve his game, but tonight he took a huge step. I know it's been said before, but honestly I think tonight was the nail in the coffin for Dumba's career in Red Deer.

The Stars scored one goal during the second period, but that would be all she wrote for the former Minnesota team from Texas.

There isn't a whole lot to be unhappy with the way the Wild played tonight. I haven't had a chance to look at the fancy stats from tonight's game yet, but everything I have been reading says that yet again the Wild dominated. The team finished with 36 SOG (the Stars had 19), and at no point did the team appear to be on their heels.

The Wild scored two goals on the powerplay, and allowed one goal on the penalty kill. They managed to fight off a 5-3 penalty for the 3^rd time already this season, which is progress in the special teams area.

Matt Cooke summed it up best when he said "Tonight we played our first full 60 minute effort."

Five Questions

3. Can Dany Heatley shut doubters like me up tonight? Negative ghostrider.

4. While the Power Play has been great, and the Penalty Kill has been rough. Will the Wild stay out of the box and correct their special teams issues? Not completely, but the Wild scored 2 PPGs and managed to kill a 5-3.

5. Will the Wild's young guns (Granlund, Niederreiter, Brodin, Dumba) outshine Dallas' (Seguin, Nichushkin, Chaisson, Dillon)? This group of young kids looks spectacular. Enough said.

Final stats of the night