game recap
star tribune's three stars
1. Zach Parise, Wild: Scored his 24th and 25th goals in a franchise-record six-goal third-period for the Wild.
2. Mikael Granlund, Wild: Scored a goal and had two assists in the third period.
3. Christian Folin, Wild: Second game since callup, he assisted on two goals and has three assists in those two games.
By the numbers
17 Consecutive starts for Devan Dubnyk (three from Niklas Backstrom's record).
6 Goals allowed by the Wild in the past 17 first periods (zero Sunday).
32-for-32 Wild's penalty kill snapped with Jason Spezza's second-period power-play goal.
5 Straight Wild home wins over Dallas.
4-1 Wild record this season against Dallas.
MICHAEL RUSSO
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