{"id":557873,"date":"2026-04-22T10:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557873\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:54:37","slug":"nhl-playoff-preview-dallas-stars-at-minnesota-wild-with-line-combinations-04-22-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557873\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Playoff Preview: Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 04\/22\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Playoff Preview: Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 04\/22\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776855268_871_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Playoff Preview: Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 04\/22\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-35.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP photo\/Tony Gutierrez<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Wild (1-1-0) at Dallas Stars (1-1-0)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Grand Casino Arena<br \/>Date: Wednesday, April 22<br \/>Time: 9:30 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0TNT\/truTV\/HBO Max\/SN360<br \/>Radio:\u00a096.7 FM The Ticket\/104.5 ESPN Radio<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Stars evened the series up with a 4-2 win over the Wild on Monday night. They improved to 3-2-1 against the Wild this season, averaging three goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Wild News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Wild are back on home ice tonight with the series tied 1-1. The Wild are 3-3-0 against the Stars this season, averaging 3.5 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Hryckowian-Johnston-Rantanen<br \/>Robertson-Duchene-Bourque <br \/>Steel-Hyry-Benn <br \/>Back-Faksa-Blackwell<\/p>\n<p>Lindell-Heiskanen<br \/>Harley-Lundkvist<br \/>Bischel-Myers<\/p>\n<p>Oettinger <br \/>DeSmith <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/dallas-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=dalls&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Dallas Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Kaprizov-Hartman-Tarasenko <br \/>Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy <br \/>N.Foligno-Yurov-Brink <br \/>M.Foligno-McCarron-Trenin <\/p>\n<p>Hughes-Faber<br \/>Brodin-Spurgeon<br \/>Middleton-Bogosian<\/p>\n<p>Wallstedt<br \/>Gustavsson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/minnesota-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=minnes&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Minnesota Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars<\/p>\n<p>Jason Robertson has scored a goal in each game of this series against the Wild. <\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n<p>Brock Faber has a point in each game of the series as he had an assist in game one and scored both Minnesota goals in game two.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars<\/p>\n<p>F Tyler Seguin \u2013 IR<br \/>F Roope Hintz \u2013 Out<br \/>F Nathan Bastian \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n<p>F Mats Zuccarello \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776855273_775_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-playoff-game-preview-boston-bruins-at-buffalo-sabres-with-line-combinations-4-21-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Swayman-Feature-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jeremy Swayman Boston Bruins\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/breaking-down-solutions-to-the-red-wings-forward-depth-problem\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-4-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Detroit Red Wings\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/breaking-down-solutions-to-the-red-wings-forward-depth-problem\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breaking Down Solutions to the Red Wings\u2019 Forward Depth Problem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Red Wings face ongoing challenges, notably in their forward group, despite strong goaltending and a solid defense led by Mo Seider. While promising prospects like Carter Bear and Emmitt Finnie offer potential for improvement, Detroit struggles with offensive depth. 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