Here are 3 things to watch in Game 5:
1. Red-hot 'Robo'
Stars forward Jason Robertson has goals in all four games, extending his playoff scoring streak to seven games dating to Game 3 against the Edmonton Oilers in the 2025 Western Conference Final.
He has his four goals on 23 shots, the most of any player in the series. He has two goals on eight shots on the power play.
"The puck is just going in," Robertson said. "I'm getting shots off, that's big. Trying to put myself in position to get shots off and hopefully it goes in."
The Stars need more production from depth players -- fourth-line forward Oskar Back (assist) is the only bottom-six forward with a point in the series -- but that can't come at the expense of Robertson getting his opportunities.
2. Specials on the menu
Boldy's 5-on-5 overtime goal Saturday made this a best-of-3, but it did not delete what is arguably the biggest narrative following the Wild in the series, their glaring difficulties on special teams.
Dallas is sizzling on the power play, going 7-for-15 in the past three games including 2-for-2 in Game 4. Minnesota hasn't had an answer for Robertson, Johnston, Matt Duchene, Rantanen and Miro Heiskanen, who have eight goals and 14 assists with the man-advantage.
On the flip side, the Wild are 1-for-15 with the man-advantage in the past three games. They haven't scored on 10 consecutive power plays, including two in overtime in Game 3 and three in the first period of Game 4.
"I think we've got a really good team, and we've played really well 5-on-5," Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes said. "We've gotten timely stops when we've needed them. Game 3 could have went either way. Game 4 could have went either way. I thought we had our looks in Game 2, so we're playing good hockey and obviously we're going to need the power play."
3. Welcome Mats
Mats Zuccarello and Yakov Trenin are each considered a game-time decision with an upper-body injury, Hynes said, with the consensus Tuesday morning that Zuccarello is likely to play and Trenin is still questionable.
Zuccarello has missed the past three games and Trenin two.
The Wild clearly could use both forwards back for Game 5, but Zuccarello is of the utmost importance considering his chemistry with Kirill Kaprizov, his leadership in the room and on the ice, and what he brings on the power play as a distributor and playmaker.
Minnesota went 2-for-4 in Game 1, when Zuccarello assisted on both of Joel Eriksson Ek's power-play goals. They're 1-for-15 without him.
"He's good for the group and he's good for our team in multiple ways," Hynes said. "So, hopefully he's going to be back for us and have a good night."
Trenin is good for the Wild because of the physicality he brings. He led the NHL in hits during the regular season with 413. He had 13 in Game 1 and three in Game 2 before he left late in the first period after taking a hard open-ice hit from Stars forward Colin Blackwell.
"When you're on the other side you don't want to play against him," Wild forward Marcus Johansson said.
