Dallas Stars center Wyatt Johnston (53) celebrates his third goal of the game with center Roope Hintz (24) during the third period of an NHL game against the St. Louis Blues, Sunday, March 2 ...

Hintz will return to a top-six role and see time on the first power-play unit after missing the last two games. He has accounted for 25 goals, 52 points, 132 shots on net, 38 blocked shots and 36 hits ...

Blackwell has played in two straight games while Roope Hintz (face) is out. Prior to that, Blackwell was scratched for five straight contests. The 31-year-old's playing time outlook took a hit ...

Jake Oettinger shut out his home-state team stopping 32 shots, Wyatt Johnston and Matt Duchene scored 58 seconds apart late in the second period and the Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 3-0 on ...

A thrilling game at the American Airlines Center finished with a whimper for the raucous home fans when Gage Goncalves scored ...

The Stars started to push back and string some offense together, but that was foiled when Roope Hintz turned the ... puck through the offensive zone. Colin Blackwell skated around, fired a shot ...

Rantanen is projected to skate alongside Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz on Dallas ... while Mikael Granlund, Colin Blackwell, Sam Steel, and Hintz each have shorthanded markers this year.

If Roope Hintz and Matt Duchene are your top ... and Mavrik Bourque on the fourth line, not to mention Colin Blackwell and Brendan Smith out of the press box, makes for an incredibly deep roster.