{"id":514195,"date":"2026-03-21T01:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/514195\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T01:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:33:21","slug":"two-of-the-leagues-best-teams-meet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/514195\/","title":{"rendered":"Two of the league\u2019s best teams meet again"},"content":{"rendered":"

After beating the division-leading Avalanche<\/a> last time out, the Dallas Stars<\/a> now turn around to face the other top team in their division, the Minnesota Wild.<\/p>\n

Those three teams top the Western Conference and rank among the top five in the league. As the three jostle for seeding in the Stanley Cup playoffs, these games between them take on an outsized importance.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s three things to know about the high-caliber matchup between the Stars and Wild: <\/p>\n

How to watch<\/p>\n

Sports Roundup<\/p>\n

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When: Saturday, 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where: Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minn.<\/p>\n

TV\/Streaming: Victory+<\/p>\n

Radio: Sportsradio 96.7\/1310 The Ticket<\/p>\n

Evenly matched foes<\/p>\n

Tomorrow\u2019s game is the third encounter this year between the Stars and Wild. The first two games were split, with one regulation win to each team. What\u2019s more, both teams won their games by the exact same margin.<\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/p>\n

In their Oct. 14 meeting, Dallas won on home ice<\/a> by a 5-2 margin. The Wild returned the favor two months later, winning 5-2 on Dec. 11<\/a> in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Now both teams have an opportunity to take an edge in the season series. The two teams also have one more scheduled meeting after tomorrow on April 9 during the last week of the regular season.<\/p>\n

Wyatt Johnston and Miro Heiskanen\u2019s impact<\/p>\n

Johnston and Heiskanen are among Dallas\u2019 most important players on any given night and both have shown up against Minnesota this year. The pair enter Saturday with three points each in two games against the Wild this season.<\/p>\n

In the early-season win, Johnston earned the first star of the game with a goal and an assist as Dallas romped to a 5-2 victory. In the next meeting, it was Heiskanen\u2019s turn to shine. The Finnish defenseman cropped up with a goal and assist that night, including a shorthanded goal that briefly gave Dallas the lead in the second period.<\/p>\n

If Dallas is able to knock off Minnesota, they\u2019ll likely do so with further contributions from the pair.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Dallas Stars sign forward Dylan Hryckowian to two-year, entry-level deal<\/a><\/p>\n

He\u2019s the younger brother of Dallas\u2019 rookie forward Justin Hryckowian.<\/p>\n

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Live updates on the Stars\u2019 spot in the Western Conference, the Central Division and their potential first-round matchup<\/p>\n

Find more Stars coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After beating the division-leading Avalanche last time out, the Dallas Stars now turn around to face the other…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5118],"tags":[147,5,2603,161,38,5280,423,4,43,197,162,1531],"class_list":{"0":"post-514195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-wild","8":"tag-dallas-stars","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-how-to-watch","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-minnesota-wild","13":"tag-minnesotawild","14":"tag-miro-heiskanen","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-stars","18":"tag-wild","19":"tag-wyatt-johnston"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116264594497287746","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}