Quinn Hughes Scores Twice as Stars Exit Game 6 — Mn Wild Score
mn wild score turned on Quinn Hughes’ second goal of the night, and the Dallas Stars were eliminated after losing Game 6. The defeat ended Dallas’ season before the third round for the first time in four years.
Hughes Finds the Game
Hughes beat Jake Oettinger on a shot that banked in off Ilya Lybushkin’s skate, a finish that pushed the game away from Dallas late in the third period. He scored his second goal of the night on the play, a direct swing after the Stars had already spent most of the night trying to recover from their own missed chances.
Less than a minute earlier, Mavrik Bourque had broken the Stars’ 5-on-5 scoring drought in the game. Vladamir Tarasenko answered less than a minute after Dallas took the lead, tying it again and erasing the brief advantage before the third period settled into the deciding stretch.
Dallas Struggles Again
The Stars entered Game 6 with the expected goals edge in the series, but they could not finish enough of the chances that usually decide playoff games. That gap showed up again in a game that opened with what was described as one of the most depressing and uninspiring first periods seen since Tuesday.
Dallas also shut down Minnesota’s power play in the second period while converting on its own, but the night never turned into a clean advantage for either side. When the margin tightened, the Stars still could not turn the possession edge into enough goals to protect the lead or extend the series.
Stars’ Home Ice Ends Early
With several minutes left, Oettinger was pulled for the extra skater, a last push that never produced the goal Dallas needed. The loss added another flat ending to a postseason run that has repeatedly seen the Stars’ scoring dry up over the last four playoff runs.
That pattern now includes another short home finish, and this one stops Dallas before the third round for the first time in four years. For a team that carried the better underlying numbers into Game 6, the exit came down to the same problem that has followed it through four playoff runs: the chances were there, but the scoring was not.
