Roope Hintz has the size, speed and shot that Dallas Stars teammate Max Domi says makes him pretty much the perfect hockey player.
DALLAS —
Hintz is certainly putting up video game-like numbers in the first-round series against the Minnesota Wild. The 6-foot-3 top-line winger's NHL-leading 11 points through five games are already the most for a Dallas Stars player in a single playoff series., Hintz now has consecutive three-assist games. He helped on six consecutive goals for the Stars in Games 4 and 5, both wins, which put them ahead in the best-of-seven series for the first time.
A Finland native who was a second-round pick in the 2015 draft, Hintz has been nearly a point-a-game player the past three seasons with 190 points in 194 regular-season games. He had 37 goals and 38 assists in 73 games this season. Even when hampered by a lingering groin injury throughout the 2020-21 season, Hintz had 43 points in 41 games.
DeBoer said Wednesday, when his players had the day off, that the 38-year-old Pavelski would skate in practice Thursday and was planning to travel with the team for Game 6.In his Game 2 hat trick, the 26-year-old Hintz became the first NHL player since 2015 with a short-handed, power-play and even-strength goal in the same playoff game.
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