The Stars beat the Wild 7-3 on Wednesday night to even up the series at 1-1.
Roope Hintz had a goal in each period, getting his first career hat trick by scoring three different ways, as the Dallas Stars stepped up without Joe Pavelski to get even in their first-round series against the Minnesota Wild.
“He's elite and he’s capable of taking over games like that. And we needed him,” Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said. “Our team, with what happened with Pavelski the other night, a little bit rattled, we needed our our best players to step up tonight and make a statement. And they did. Every one of them, not just Roope.”
Evgenii Dadonov scored twice for the Stars, while captain Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin both had power-play goals. Miro Heiskanen, their high-scoring defenseman, had four assists, while 100-point scorer Jason Robertson had two. Hintz also had an assist.
The Dallas scoring onslaught came against three-time Stanley Cup champion goalie Marc-André Fleury, who got the start even after 24-year-old Filip Gustavsson made his playoff debut with a franchise-record 51 saves in the series opener the Wild won 3-2 in double overtime.
Hosts Sean Shapiro and Gavin Spittle give their immediate postgame thoughts. How Spits and Suds had a feeling Fleury would be in net for the Wild and what the fallout will be?
The guys talked about how the Stars and their young guns Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen stepped up. Plus, Sean answers the question if anything can be done about these late puck drops from a Stars perspective to the league.
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