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Overtime hero Captain Koivu staves off elimination as Wild down Stars 5-4

With the Minnesota Wild down 3-1 in their series against the Dallas Stars, few expected Minnesota to pull off a Game 5 upset at American Airlines Center, where they've historically struggled.

But against all odds, this series will head back to St. Paul. Minnesota has their Captain to thank for that.

Like the Stars in Game 3, the Wild jumped out to an early lead to try taking the Dallas crowd out of the game. Mikael Granlund got things going by jamming home his own rebound in a very Parise-esque manner.