Veteran forward Marcus Johansson had 11 goals in each of his first two seasons with the Minnesota Wild. On Thursday, he scored his 10th and 11th goals of this season in the third period, helping the Wild to a 5-2 win over the previously red-hot Dallas Stars.

Johansson had the eventual game-winner as the Wild’s offense created traffic around the Stars’ net much of the night. Dallas, which came to town on a 9-0-2 run, got power play and shorthanded goals, but fell for the first time in December.

Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson had 16 saves in the win, which snapped a streak that had seen Minnesota go its previous 15 games versus Dallas without a regulation win.

The Wild got a first-period goal from Joel Eriksson Ek, Zach Bogosian scored in the second, while Matt Boldy added an empty-net goal

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