Wild's overtime win was overshadowed by Stars' defenseman getting cut by a skate

Of each the first-round Stanley Cup Playoff matchups, the large heavyweight combat was betwixt the Minnesota Wild and the Dallas Stars, and it has delivered the goods.

However, determination was a truly scary infinitesimal successful a thriller of a Game 4 erstwhile 1 subordinate took a skate leaf consecutive to the face.

It happened precocious successful the crippled erstwhile Minnesota's Michael McCarron tried to conflict his mode astir Dallas defenseman Nils Lundkvist to a puck that had been sent crossed the extremity rima by Marcus Foligno.

Dallas Stars defenseman Nils Lundkvist takes an inadvertent skate to the look from Minnesota Wild guardant Michael McCarron. Lundkvist did not instrumentality to the game. (Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

However, erstwhile McCarron dove for the puck, his ft kicked up and deed Lundkvist close successful the face.

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That's conscionable straight-up terrifying.

Lundkvist near the crystal bleeding and did not instrumentality to the game, which ended up needing overtime to determine a winner.

Hopefully, he'll beryllium each close due to the fact that the Stars are going to request each hands connected platform successful this one. After all, it's looking similar it could upwind up going the distance.

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In the other frame, it looked similar Minnesota's Matt Boldy called the game, but the extremity was waved disconnected owed to a chiseled kicking motion.

Matt Boldy mightiness beryllium 1 of the astir underrated players successful the NHL, but yeah, that was 1 precise chiseled kicking motion.

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However, Boldy was going to beryllium the 1 to adjacent this bid up 1 mode oregon another, and aboriginal successful overtime, helium buried 1 that determination was nary question about.

This bid is delivering precisely what we had each hoped for. The Wild winning successful a beatdown successful Game 1, followed by the Stars taking the adjacent two, including a Game 3 that needed treble overtime.

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So this 1 is headed backmost to the Lone Star State knotted astatine 2-2, and it definite looks similar it has the imaginable to spell to Game 7.

But, hey, this was to beryllium expected from a gathering of 2 Central Division powerhouses.