Schedule and 2015-16 Results
Regular Season Records: Dallas 50-23-9=109pts, Minnesota 38-33-11=87pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 14 April: Minnesota loses at Dallas, 4-goals-nil
Game 2 on Saturday, 16 April: Minnesota loses at Dallas, 2-goals-1
Game 3 on Monday, 18 April: Dallas loses at Minnesota, 5-goals-3
Game 4 on Wednesday, 20 April: Dallas wins at Minnesota, 3-goals-2
Game 5 on Friday, 22 April: Minnesota wins at Dallas, 5-goals-4 (OT)
Game 6 on Sunday, 24 April: Dallas wins at Minnesota, 5-goals-4

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Dallas Stars visited and bested the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-4 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1291 victory. With the series 1291 win, the Dallas Stars improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 15-12 overall and 8-6 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1291 loss, the Minnesota Wild see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 4-7 overall and 3-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Dallas Stars in series 1291 was WWLWLW: Series 1291 thus becomes the eighth NHL Preliminary-round series, the 19th NHL series (all rounds), and the 43rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The 21 total goals yielded by the Minnesota Wild are the most the Wild have ever allowed in any of their eleven best-of-7 NHL playoff series. The WWLWLW win order by the victorious Dallas Stars is identical to their series 1030 win order, in which they defeated the Anaheim Ducks in the 2008 NHL Preliminary round.

After Game 5: The Minnesota Wild visited and topped the Dallas Stars 5-goals-4 to drop the Dallas Stars best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1291 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 8-0 and a Game 6 record of 7-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 3-2 and a Game 6 record of 3-2. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Minnesota Wild have always had their series decided for them by Game 6: Their two Game 6 losses completed the series losses (by definition); each of their three Game 6 wins led to series wins. The visiting Wild trailed the Stars in Dallas by a goal as late as 16:50 into the third period. In the history of best-of-7 format NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2015, inclusive, road teams down a goal as late as 16:50 into the third period had a game record of only 34-602 (.053). Series 1291 Game 5, with its total of nine goals, is thus the highest-scoring Spring 2016 NHL playoff game to date.

After Game 4: The Dallas Stars visited and defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1291 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 5-0 and a Game 5 record of 3-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-2 and a Game 5 record of 2-2.

After Game 3: The Minnesota Wild hosted and topped the Dallas Stars 5-goals-3 to reduce the Dallas Stars best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1291 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 9-0 and a Game 4 record of 4-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 3-2 and a Game 4 record of 2-3.

After Game 2: The Dallas Stars hosted and defeated the Minnesota Wild 2-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1291 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 8-0 and a Game 3 record of 3-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 1-5 and a Game 3 record of 3-3. Minnesota has yet to hold a lead in series 1291 against Dallas. Dallas scored the first goal of series 1291 Game 2 at 3:54 of the second period, after scoring the first goal of series 1291 Game 1 at 3:53 of the second period (one second earlier on the game clock).

After Game 1: The Dallas Stars hosted and shut out the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1291 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 10-1 (with an active nine-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 8-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-6 and a Game 2 record of 2-6 (with an active four-Game 2 losing streak). The hapless Minnesota Wild have now gone five consecutive playoff games without once having held a lead.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2015-16 NHL regular season, the Dallas Stars finished 22 points ahead of the Minnesota Wild. From 1939 through the 2015 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 22 regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 7-1 (.875) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1291 is the 27th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Dallas Stars, and the eleventh for the Minnesota Wild. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Dallas Stars have an all-rounds series record of 14-12, a Preliminary-round series record of 7-6, and a Game 1 record of 11-15, while the Minnesota Wild have an all-rounds series record of 4-6, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-3, and a Game 1 record of 2-8. Series 1291 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Dallas Stars and the Minnesota Wild.