Schedule and 2022-23 Results:
Regular Season Records: Dallas 47-21-14=108pts, Minnesota 46-25-11=103pts
Game 1 on Monday, 17 April: Minnesota wins at Dallas, 3-goals-2(2OT)
Game 2 on Wednesday, 19 April: Minnesota loses at Dallas, 7-goals-3
Game 3 on Friday, 21 April: Dallas loses at Minnesota, 5-goals-1
Game 4 on Sunday, 23 April: Dallas wins at Minnesota, 3-goals-2
Game 5 on Tuesday, 25 April: Minnesota loses at Dallas, 4-goals-nil
Game 6 on Friday, 28 April: Dallas wins at Minnesota, 4-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Dallas Stars visited and topped the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1523 victory. With the series 1523 win, the Dallas Stars improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 20-16 overall and 11-7 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1523 loss, the Minnesota Wild see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 4-12 (with an active seven-series losing streak) overall and 3-9 (with an active six-Preliminary round losing streak) in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Dallas Stars in series 1523 was LWLWWW: Series 1523 thus becomes the tenth NHL Preliminary-round series, the 22nd NHL series (all rounds), and the 43rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 5: The Dallas Stars hosted and shut out the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1523 lead of 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 12-1 and a Game 6 record of 10-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 3-5 (with an active four-series losing streak) and a Game 6 record of 4-4. The sole series loss by the Dallas Stars in the wake of a 3-games-2 lead occurred in series 1396, to the St. Louis Blues in the 2019 NHL Quarterfinals.

After Game 4: The Dallas Stars visited and defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-goals-2 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1523 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 9-5 and a Game 5 record of 9-5, while the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-3 and a Game 5 record of 1-4. Upon posting a LWLW win order through the first four games of a best-of-7 NHL playoff series (as they have done in series 1523), the Dallas Stars have a 3-1 series record and a perfect 4-0 Game 5 record. Upon posting a WLWL win order through the first four games of a best-of-7 NHL playoff series (as they have done in series 1523), the Minnesota Wild have a 1-0 series record and a perfect 1-0 Game 5 record as well.

After Game 3: The Minnesota Wild hosted and bested the Dallas Stars 5-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1523 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 1-2 and a Game 4 record of 0-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 4-11 and a Game 4 record of 8-7. Once before did the Minnesota Wild open a best-of-7 NHL playoff series WLW @ VVH (in series 1258, in the 2015 NHL Preliminary round against the St. Louis Blues; Minnesota won in six games and immediately commenced its active six-series losing streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series).

After Game 2: The Dallas Stars hosted and defeated the Minnesota Wild 7-goals-3 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1523 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 9-8 and a Game 3 record of 6-11, while the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 3-3 and a Game 3 record of 3-3.

After Game 1: The Minnesota Wild visited and defeated the Dallas Stars 3-goals-2(2OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1523 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 2 record of 0-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 5-13 and a Game 2 record of 10-8. In series 1523 Game 1, the NHL thus sees a best-of-7 Preliminary-round playoff Game 1 reach multiple overtimes for the second consecutive season: In 2022, the Pittsburgh Penguins visited and defeated the New York Rangers at 5:58 of the third overtime in their best-of-7 Preliminary-round Game 1, in series 1488.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2022-23 NHL regular season, the Dallas Stars finished five points ahead of the Minnesota Wild. From 1939 through the 2022 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by five regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 28-18 (.609) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1523 is the 36th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Dallas Stars, and the 16th for the Minnesota Wild. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Dallas Stars have an all-rounds series record of 19-16, a Preliminary-round series record of 10-7, and a Game 1 record of 17-18, while the Minnesota Wild have an all-rounds series record of 4-11 (with an active six-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 3-8, and a Game 1 record of 3-12. Series 1523 is the second best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Dallas Stars and the Minnesota Wild. The Dallas Stars defeated the Minnesota Wild in their only previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting, in six games in the 2016 NHL Preliminary round (in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1291).