The Lakeville native and Stars goaltender has rarely faltered against the Wild, but the Wild finally solved him en route to a 3-2 overtime win Sunday afternoon at Xcel Energy Center that ended a four-game slide and gave them a six-point cushion over the Flames for the second and final wild-card berth.

The Minnesota Wild get set for another contest with huge NHL playoff implications as they get set for a Sunday afternoon battle with current Western Conference No. 2 seed Dallas.

The win helped solidify the Wild’s hold on the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, giving them a six point advantage, 91-85, on idle Calgary, which has two games in hand on Minnesota and will finish with the NHL’s last regular-game April 17 at Los Angeles against a Kings team that already has clinched a playoff spot.