Live updates: Wild host Stars for Game 6 of Stanley Cup Playoffs

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Can Wild eliminate the Stars?

FOX 9 Sports Director Jim Rich joined All Day before heading to Grand Casino Arena Thursday night, where the Minnesota Wild can eliminate the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Minnesota Wild is hosting the Dallas Stars at Grand Casino Arena in Game 6 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series Thursday night.

With a win, the Wild eliminate the Stars and advance to the Western Conference Semifinals for the first time since 2015. They would play the Colorado Avalanche. With a loss, the two teams head back to Dallas Saturday for a decisive Game 7.

Check here for live updates throughout the game, and we’ll have postgame reaction. You can also find out how to watch them here.

Second period – Wild, Dallas tied 2-2 after 2 periods

The Wild had multiple chances to take a two-goal lead before the Stars had an answer in the second period. After Yakov Trenin got a penalty for interference, Wyatt Johnston scored for Dallas at the 6:23 mark on assists from Mikkko Rantanen and Matt Duchene.

It is Johnston’s fourth goal of the series. 

The Stars took a 2-1 lead over the Wild at the 16:08 mark of the second period. Mavrick Bourque scored on assists from Michael Bunting and Ilya Lyubushkin.

Less than a minute later, the Wild answered. Vladimir Tarasenko tied the game 2-2 on assists from Trenin and Hughes. He gathered a loose puck and had a wide open net, burying a goal with a backhand shot.

First period - Quinn Hughes gives Wild early 1-0 lead

The Minnesota Wild got off to a fast start Thursday night, with a win ending the Stars’ season. The Wild got the first goal at the 6:23 mark of the first period. Quinn Hughes, a trade acquisition during the season, got a pass from Marcus Foligno, waited patiently with a toe drag and scored past Jake Oettinger’s glove side to give the Wild an early 1-0 lead.

Marcus Foligno had a point-blank chance a few minutes later, but Oettinger made a pad save across the crease. The Wild held the Stars to one shot over the first 12 minutes.

Wild without Jonas Brodin for Game 6

What we know:

The Wild will be without defenseman Jonas Brodin for Game 6. Brodin suffered a lower body injury during the first period of Game 5 in Dallas after blocking a shot and did not return.

What we don't know:

Team officials say he is considered day-to-day. It is not known if Brodin would be available if Game 7 is necessary.