Wild vs. Stars Prediction, Odds & Stats - April 18, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Minnesota Wild 46-24-7-5	1	3	2	+6
Dallas Stars 50-20-8-4	0	1	0	+105

Date	Result	Competition
04/15/26	Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 3 - 3	Central
04/14/26	Anaheim Ducks ANA ( 43-33-6 ) Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) 2 - 3	Pacific
04/13/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) St. Louis Blues STL ( 37-33-8-4 ) 3 - 6	Central
04/13/26	Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) Toronto Maple Leafs TOR ( 32-36-10-4 ) 6 - 5	Central
04/11/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Nashville Predators NAS ( 38-34-8-2 ) 1 - 2	Central
04/11/26	NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) 0 - 2	Metropolitan
04/09/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) 4 - 5	Central
04/07/26	Seattle Kraken SEA ( 34-37-5-6 ) Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) 2 - 5	Pacific
04/07/26	Calgary Flames CAL ( 34-39-6-3 ) Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) 3 - 4	Pacific

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Minnesota Wild MIN	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Dallas Stars DAL	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	line	total
Opening 18 Apr 12:56pm	MIN		O +5.5 -120
Closing 19 Apr 12:15am	MIN		U +6.5 -140

Jason Robertson Left Wing Minnesota	96	Points	89	Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Dallas
Esa Lindell Defense Minnesota	30	+ / -	19	Jonas Brodin Defense Dallas
Jason Robertson Left Wing Minnesota	294	Shots	269	Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Dallas
Mikko Rantanen Right Wing Minnesota	93	Penalty Mins	76	Jake Middleton Defense Dallas
Jake Oettinger Goaltender Minnesota	35	Wins	28	Filip Gustavsson Goaltender Dallas
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Dallas	2.6	GAA	2.4	Casey DeSmith Goaltender Minnesota

Matt Boldy Left Wing Dallas	3	Points	1	Miro Heiskanen Defense Minnesota
Brock Faber Defense Dallas	4	+ / -	0	Oskar Back Center Minnesota
Matt Boldy Left Wing Dallas	8	Shots	6	Jason Robertson Left Wing Minnesota
Mikko Rantanen Right Wing Minnesota	4	Penalty Mins	2	Matt Boldy Left Wing Dallas
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Dallas	1	Wins	0	Oskar Back Center Minnesota
Jake Oettinger Goaltender Minnesota	5.1	GAA	1	Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Dallas

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild	46	24	6-4-0	1W	38-35	275	23-10-6-2	23-14-1-3	40-29-4
Dallas Stars Dallas Stars	50	20	7-2-1	5W	28-45	-1375	26-11-2-2	24-9-6-2	36-34-3

date	home-away	ats	o/u	DAL:Shots	DAL:Goals	DAL:Assists	MIN:Shots	MIN:Goals	MIN:Assists
04/18/2026	DAL 1 - MIN 6	MIN	Over 6	28	1	2	29	6	10
04/09/2026	DAL 5 - MIN 4	DAL	Over 6	20	5	8	31	4	7
03/21/2026	MIN 2 - DAL 1	MIN	Under 5.5	30	1	2	28	2	4
12/11/2025	MIN 5 - DAL 2	MIN	Over 5.5	18	2	4	32	5	8
10/14/2025	DAL 5 - MIN 2	DAL	Over 6	25	5	10	41	2	4
09/25/2025	MIN 2 - DAL 5	DAL	Over 6	27	5	7	20	2	4
09/23/2025	DAL 3 - MIN 2	DAL	Under 6	37	3	5	21	2	3
04/06/2025	MIN 3 - DAL 2	MIN	Under 5.5	25	2	4	41	3	6
03/24/2025	DAL 3 - MIN 0	DAL	Under 5.5	32	0	0	29	3	6
12/27/2024	DAL 2 - MIN 3 (OT)	MIN	Under 5.5	18	3	5	29	2	4
11/16/2024	MIN 1 - DAL 2	DAL	Under 6	40	2	4	23	1	2
09/29/2024	MIN 2 - DAL 4	DAL	Under 6	29	4	5	15	2	4
09/25/2024	DAL 5 - MIN 2	DAL	Over 6	25	2	2	40	5	8
01/10/2024	DAL 7 - MIN 2	DAL	Over 6.5	23	2	4	34	7	9
01/08/2024	MIN 0 - DAL 4	DAL	Under 6.5	20	4	5	23	0	0
11/12/2023	MIN 3 - DAL 8	DAL	Over 6	37	8	13	26	3	4
10/07/2023	MIN 4 - DAL 0	MIN	Under 6	22	0	0	23	4	6
09/26/2023	DAL 6 - MIN 1	DAL	Over 5.5	35	1	2	34	6	11
04/28/2023	MIN 1 - DAL 4	DAL	Under 5	33	4	6	24	1	2
04/25/2023	DAL 4 - MIN 0	DAL	Under 5.5	27	0	0	25	4	8

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/18/2026	DAL 1 - MIN 6	W	Over 6	29	6	10
04/14/2026	MIN 3 - ANA 2	W	Under 6.5	37	2	4
04/13/2026	STL 6 - MIN 3	L	Over 5.5	31	3	5
04/11/2026	NAS 2 - MIN 1	L	Under 6.5	22	1	1
04/09/2026	DAL 5 - MIN 4	L	Over 6	31	4	7
04/07/2026	MIN 5 - SEA 2	W	Over 6	27	2	3
04/05/2026	DET 4 - MIN 5	W	Over 6	20	5	8
04/04/2026	OTT 1 - MIN 4	W	Under 6	23	4	7
04/02/2026	MIN 5 - VAN 2	W	Over 6.5	32	2	4
03/28/2026	BOS 6 - MIN 3	L	Over 6	34	3	5

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/18/2026	DAL 1 - MIN 6	L	Over 6	28	1	2
04/15/2026	BUF 3 - DAL 3	L	Under 6	24	3	5
04/13/2026	TOR 5 - DAL 6	W	Over 6.5	27	5	8
04/11/2026	DAL 2 - NYR 0	W	Under 6	19	2	4
04/09/2026	DAL 5 - MIN 4	W	Over 6	20	5	8
04/07/2026	DAL 4 - CAL 3	W	Over 6	25	4	7
04/04/2026	DAL 0 - COL 2	L	Under 6	17	0	0
04/02/2026	DAL 3 - WIN 0	W	Under 5.5	21	3	6
03/31/2026	BOS 6 - DAL 3	L	Over 6	24	6	9
03/29/2026	PHI 2 - DAL 1	L	Under 6	30	2	3

Minnesota Wild MIN Dallas Stars DAL

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
6.0	1	Goals Per Game	5	1.0
1.0	1	Goals Against Per Game	5	6.0
29.0	5	Shots Per Game	6	28.0
28.0	7	Shots Against Per Game	8	29.0
20.7	2	Shooting %	12	3.6
3.6	1	Opponent Shooting %	11	20.7
1	7	Shot Differential Per Game	8	-1
20.7	2	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	12	3.6
.960	1	Save %	8	.790
.790	1	Opponent Save %	8	.960
10.0	5	Penalty Minutes Per Game	5	10.0
2	2	Power Play Goals Per Game	3	1
1	1	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	2	2
50.0	3	Power Play %	6	25.0
75.0	2	Penalty Kill %	5	50.0
1.65	9	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	1	3.63

offence

Minnesota Wild MIN

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.27	11
Shots	29.18	7
Power Play (%)	25	4
Faceoff (%)	47	28
Penalty Mins	626	27

Dallas Stars DAL

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.33	9
Shots	25.29	30
Power Play (%)	29	2
Faceoff (%)	52	7
Penalty Mins	703	17

defence

Minnesota Wild MIN

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.27	11
Shots	29.18	7
Power Play (%)	25	4
Faceoff (%)	47	28
Penalty Mins	626	27

Dallas Stars DAL

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.33	9
Shots	25.29	30
Power Play (%)	29	2
Faceoff (%)	52	7
Penalty Mins	703	17

Minnesota Wild MIN

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Quinn Hughes (D)	Ques Sat	Illness - 16 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jonas Brodin (D)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 14 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Zach Bogosian (D)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 05 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jared Spurgeon (D)	Ques Thurs	Undisclosed - 26 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirill Kaprizov (LW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 19 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Joel Eriksson Ek (C)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 17 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Bobby Brink (RW)	Ques Thurs	Undisclosed - 13 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Marcus Johansson (LW)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 04 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Marcus Foligno (LW)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 02 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Joel Eriksson Ek (C)	Out Sun	Face - 28 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Dallas Stars DAL

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Miro Heiskanen (D)	out for season	Lower Body - 10 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nils Lundkvist (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 09 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyler Myers (D)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 31 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Michael Bunting (LW)	Ques Mon	Lower Body - 30 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nathan Bastian (RW)	Out indefinitely	Hand - 28 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Steel (C)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 26 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Roope Hintz (C)	out for season	Lower Body - 07 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Roope Hintz (C)	Out indefinitely	Illness - 23 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Radek Faksa (C)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 23 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mikko Rantanen (RW)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 23 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Minnesota Wild MIN

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Dallas Stars DAL

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Minnesota Wild MIN

Under is 6-2-1 in Wild last 9 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 7-3 in Wild last 10 Saturday games.

Wild are 9-3 in their last 12 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Over is 4-1 in Wild last 5 games as a favorite.

Wild are 5-21 in their last 26 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Dallas Stars DAL

Under is 4-1 in Stars last 5 Saturday games.

Over is 4-1 in Stars last 5 games as a favorite.

Stars are 6-2 in their last 8 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 4-1 in Stars last 5 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

Over is 3-1-1 in Stars last 5 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	23-49	31-39-2
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	28-45	36-34-3
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	38-35	40-29-4
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	32-39	36-31-4
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	31-41	39-27-6
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9

Minnesota Wild

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Dallas Stars

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

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Game Statistics

Shots

20.7

3.6

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 )	W W L L L
Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 )	W W W W W

04/20/26

9:30 pm ET

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04/20/26

9:30 pm ET

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Jason Robertson Left Wing Minnesota	96	Points	89	Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Dallas
Esa Lindell Defense Minnesota	30	+ / -	19	Jonas Brodin Defense Dallas
Jason Robertson Left Wing Minnesota	294	Shots	269	Kirill Kaprizov Left Wing Dallas
Mikko Rantanen Right Wing Minnesota	93	Penalty Mins	76	Jake Middleton Defense Dallas
Jake Oettinger Goaltender Minnesota	35	Wins	28	Filip Gustavsson Goaltender Dallas
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Dallas	2.6	GAA	2.4	Casey DeSmith Goaltender Minnesota

Matt Boldy Left Wing Dallas	3	Points	1	Miro Heiskanen Defense Minnesota
Brock Faber Defense Dallas	4	+ / -	0	Oskar Back Center Minnesota
Matt Boldy Left Wing Dallas	8	Shots	6	Jason Robertson Left Wing Minnesota
Mikko Rantanen Right Wing Minnesota	4	Penalty Mins	2	Matt Boldy Left Wing Dallas
Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Dallas	1	Wins	0	Oskar Back Center Minnesota
Jake Oettinger Goaltender Minnesota	5.1	GAA	1	Jesper Wallstedt Goaltender Dallas

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Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars Game 1 Prediction, NHL Playoff Odds

It's a heavyweight battle right from the start in this year's playoffs as the Dallas Stars face the Minnesota Wild in the first round.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	23-49	31-39-2
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	28-45	36-34-3
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	38-35	40-29-4
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	32-39	36-31-4
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	31-41	39-27-6
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9