ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jason RobertsonThe weekend saw him complete his second hat trick and the Dallas StarsThe lasted Minnesota WildTo take over the Western Conference’s top wild-card spot, 6-3 Sunday
Robertson, an American left winger aged 22 who has established himself as a top-line player in Dallas, now has 29 goals for the season. Seven of those have come in the three most recent games. Since Washington’s, Robertson is the NHL’s first player to achieve back-to-back Hat Tricks. Alex OvechkinIn January 2020.
Robertson was a 2017 second-round Stars pick. He had a slow start due to injury but has now led a Dallas revival into postseason contention. Robertson now has 54 points and is the leader of the team in goals.
According to ESPN Stats & Information research, the last player to record consecutive hat tricks prior to his 23rd birthday was Filip ForsbergFebruary 2017, In February 2017, Forsberg was the first to accomplish this feat. Eric LindrosAnd Teemu Selanne.
Robertson stated that he was happy to see the team win and not lose the lead. It was quite neat at the end. It’s still a bit of a shame that they were not allowed to return to the game.
Joe PavelskiAnd Jamie BennDallas also won the award Riley TufteHis first NHL goal was scored. Jake OettingerThe Stars had 32 saves and tied the Wild for third place in the Central Division playoffs.
The Stars have won four straight and seven of the last nine. The Wild have lost eight out of the last ten games. This loss saw the following: Kirill KaprizovTwo times. Nico SturmA goal was added. Kaapo KahkonenBefore being pulled at the halfway mark of the second period, he had given up four goals and 21 shots. He was replaced by Cam TalbotHe stopped all three of his shots.
The Wild pulled Talbot for an additional skater, leaving the Wild trailing 4-1. Kaprizov then cut the deficit to 4-2 using a wrist shot at 3:41. With 1:57 remaining, Kaprizov scored his second goal of the game.
With just over a minute remaining, Benn put the puck away for the Stars. Robertson scored his third goal with 32 seconds left. Oettinger joked that he had been thinking about trying it.
“I rarely think about it often. He said that he thought about it today. “I don’t know how to move the puck well, so I don’t think I would get it. You can do it. It was not something that any of our men wanted to do.”
The Stars were outshot 6-0 by Minnesota in the first four minutes. Sturm scored his ninth of the season halfway through the period.
The Stars tied it in the second period with a controversial power play goal. Tyler SeguinKahkonen was unable to stop the shot after it crashed into the net. Pavelski was the one who redirected the puck, and his backhand swipe landed on Minnesota’s. Dmitry KulikovAnd into the net.
Minnesota coach Dean EvasonThe Wild’s goaltender interfered with the call and Seguin challenged it. Officials ruled that Seguin had been knocked into the Wild’s crease. Frederick GaudreauAnd the goal was allowed.
The Stars opened the 2nd period with another power play, and they capitalized when Robertson scored a rebound of a shot. John Klingberg.
Two minutes later, Kahkonen had another rebound from a Klingberg shot. Tufte battled off a defender and he managed to score it in the net.
Midway through the second, Dallas had a lead of 4-1 when Robertson shot a wrist shot at the top left faceoff circle. It slipped under Kahkonen’s armpit and ended up in the net.
This report was compiled by the Associated Press.