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Minnesota Wild crush Dallas Stars in preseason finale

written by Bally Sports North Staff

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WATCH: Kaprizov scores two goals in win over Stars

The Minnesota Wild finished the preseason strong with a 5-1 win over the Dallas Stars.

Joel Eriksson Ek scored a wraparound goal to give the Minnesota Wild a 1-0 lead in the first period. He was assisted by Tyson Jost and Jake Middleton. Kirill Kaprizov doubled the Minnesota lead with a power play goal assisted by Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy.

Brandon Duhaime extended the Wild's lead with a goal in the second period. The Dallas Stars got one back with a goal from Jani Hakanpaa to cut Minnesota's lead. The Wild answered back with a goal from Mats Zuccarello assisted by Kirill Kaprizov to make it 4-1.

Kirill Kaprizov scored his second goal of the night in the third period to put the finishing touches on the win over the Stars.

Marc-André Fleury made 22 saves in the 5-1 win.

Minnesota will open the regular season on Thursday against the New York Rangers at 7 p.m. on Bally Sports North.

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