NHL Game Preview: Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 4/6/2025

Dallas Stars (50-22-4, 104 pts) at Minnesota Wild (41-29-7, 89 pts)

Venue: XCel Energy Center
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 3:00 pm ET
TV: TNT/truTV/MAX
Radio:
Dallas – The Ticket 96.7 FM / 1310 AM
Minnesota – WGN 720

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Dallas -1.5 ML -155
Minnesota +1.5 ML +130
O/U 5.5

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Dallas Stars News & Notes

The Stars have their eight game winning streak snapped in a 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins yesterday. They are 8-1-1 in their last ten games, averaging 3.3 goals per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game. 

Minnesota Wild News & Notes

The Wild suffered their fourth straight loss on Friday as they lost 3-1 to the New York Islanders. They are 4-4-2 in their last ten games and are holding the last wild-card spot by four points. 

Dallas Stars Projected Lines:

Robertson-Hintz-Rantanen
Marchment-Duchene-Granlund
Dadanov-Johnston-Bourque
Back-Steel-Blackwell

Harley-Lyubushkin
Lindell-Ceci
Bichsel-Dumba

Oettinger
DeSmith

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Foligno-Rossi-Boldy
Johansson-Gaudreau-Zuccarello 
Nyquist-Hartman-Hinostroza
Trenin-Shore-Brazeau

Middleton-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Players To Watch:

Dallas Stars

Mason Marchment this season has 44 points on 20 goals and 24 assists. He’s faced the Wild 11 times in his career recording 12 points on seven goals and five assists. He’s scored three goals between two of the three meetings this season. 

Minnesota Wild

Marcus Foligno this season has 25 points on 12 goals and 13 assists. He’s faced the Stars 31 times in his career recording five points on a goal and four assists. That lone goal came in one of the games he played in this season.  

Injury Report:

Dallas Stars

C Tyler Seguin – IR
D Nils Lundkvist – IR
D Miro Heiskenen – IR
LW Jamie Benn – DTD

Minnesota Wild

C Joel Eriksson Ek – IR
LW Kirill Kaprizov – IR

Next Game:

Dallas – April 8 vs. Vancouver Canucks 
Minnesota – April 9 vs. San Jose Sharks

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