Stars center Roope Hintz returned to the lineup for Game 3 against the Edmonton Oilers Monday night.
Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz and defenseman Nils Lundkvist prepare for a face off during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens at the American Airlines Center on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Dallas.saw Roope Hintz return to the lineup for Game 3 of the Western Conference finals against the Edmonton Oilers Monday night.
Hintz took the ice for pre-game warmups at Rogers Place and participated in line rushes on Dallas’ top line, centering Jason Robertson and Tyler Seguin.from the sidelines. DeBoer said Hintz was “close” to playing then, adding if it was a Game 7 he probably would have.The forward suffered an upper-body injury in the first period of Game 4 against Colorado, missing the remainder of that game and the next two weeks.
Hintz led Dallas in playoff points last season. He started this postseason in a slump, recording just one empty-net goal in the first-round series against Vegas. But in Game 2 against Colorado,He also had 65 points in 80 regular-season games. Defenseman Jani Hakanpää did not travel with the team to Edmonton, meaning he will not be available for Games 3 or 4 on the road.since the March 16 game against the Los Angeles Kings. At the time of his lower-body injury, he was ruled day-to-day butLia Assimakopoulos
, Staff Reporter. Lia Assimakopoulos covers the Dallas Stars and high school sports for The Dallas Morning News. She joined The News in June 2022 and previously contributed to Sports Illustrated, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, NBC Sports and the Washington City Paper. A native of Bethesda, Md., Lia graduated from Northwestern University in 2022.
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