Ryan S. Clark Apr 25, 2026, 07:30 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. DALLAS -- The most succinct way to describe what makes Quinn Hughes so dangerous: He doesn't require a lot of time to do a lot of damage. "When you're playing against him, the game is just so fast, you're reacting," Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon said. "But when you're on the bench and you get a chance to watch him, that's when you realize how smart he is. There are plays he makes, and they're not always the most fancy ones but they're the subtle ones that make a huge difference for us." Like what he did on the Wild's first goal in Game 1 against the Dallas Stars . The box score from the Wild's 6-1 win shows Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy got the assists on Joel Eriksson Ek 's first of two goals. The stats are accurate, but they tell an incomplete story. Boldy carried the puck into the Stars' zone before passing to Kirill Kaprizov . He fed the puck to Hughes, who touched it for a second.…