DALLAS – The Wild’s problems against the Stars didn’t continue as they fell behind a troublesome opponent on home ice in a one-sided rivalry after flying in just hours before puck drop while their best player remained injured in Minnesota.

This is how the Wild finally turned the tables against Dallas.

Despite everything working against them, particularly the absence of Kirill Kaprizov due to a lower-body injury, the Wild rallied 3-2 in overtime at American Airlines Center on Friday to secure one of their more unlikely wins of the season. It prevented the team from being eliminated by its Central Division neighbor for four games, which, taking into account the first-round playoff series from two seasons ago, was the equivalent of a seven-game defeat.

“A great win,” said Marcus Foligno. “Great character win.”

Brock Faber scored his first career overtime goal and second game-winner just 35 seconds into 3-on-3 overtime, a comeback that didn’t become apparent until late in the second period.

After trailing 2-0, after Evgenii Dadonov separated Faber and Jonas Brodin at 9:52 of the first period and Wyatt Johnston capitalized from the slot with 4:52 left in the second period, the Wild began to beat Dallas stronger in the finals They tried to put the pressure on in the first minute of the game and were almost rewarded: Yakov Trenin narrowly sank the puck into the open net, while Lakeville’s Jake Oettinger was on the other side of the goal crease was and instead sent a shot into the side of the net; Seconds later, a deflection from Foligno hit the post.

“That was more of the formula we had to play by in the third half,” said coach John Hynes.

Just after halftime, at 10:36, their aggressiveness paid off when Mats Zuccarello threw a cross-zone pass to Brodin, which Brodin slipped past Oettinger after Zuccarello received a two-handed shove-up ice from Faber.