Wild: The Wild set a franchise record for best single-season power play percentage at 25.2, which was third in the League. It topped the previous record of 22.7 percent in 2022-23. They went 27.7 percent on the power play starting with Hughes' debut following the trade on Dec. 14. Hughes had 22 points on the power play. He set a Wild record for most points in a season by a defenseman with 53 in only 48 games.

Stars: Like the Wild, the Stars set a single-season franchise record and finished second in the League on the power play this season at 28.6 percent. The Stars scored at least two power-play goals in a game 18 times, tying the single-season franchise record set in 2007-08. Johnston's 27 power-play goals were also a single-season franchise record.

"I think there are probably more similarities than not in the sense that I think they're a well-put-together team, they play with strong structure, they're highly competitive, they're good on special teams and they play for each other. When you look at the combinations, you see why the games have been so competitive. The playoffs will be a different animal, but the regular-season games, Minnesota-Dallas, it's always pretty intense, not a lot of free space on the ice." -- Wild coach John Hynes

"Us playing the Wild and us playing Colorado, and just like them playing us and Colorado, every game seems so tight and seems like a playoff game even though it's in the regular season. I'm sure the intensity level will be higher and the level of play will be higher, but it's really just two great teams that have a lot of different tools and ways to play that make them battle." -- Johnston