Roope Hintz scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal midway through the second period, and the stingy Dallas Stars won their third straight, 4-2 over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Hintz has carried the Dallas offense with seven goals in his last eight games and is on pace to set a new career high in goals.

Roope Hintz scored two goals for the second time in the last eight games giving him a team-high 18 goals as the Dallas Stars beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Thursday night.

Stars Shining The Ottawa Senators dropped their first game of 2025 to the Dallas Stars by the final score of 4-2 from a Roope Hintz two goal game. Period I Roope Hintz opened the scoring of the game from a Zach Ostaphuck hooking penalty for his 17th goal of the campaign.

Jake Oettinger will face Utah for the first time in his career. Although Utah is a new team, Oettinger has stellar numbers against the franchise dating back to their time in Arizona. He is 6-1-0 in his career against the Coyotes with a 1.86 goals-against average and a .926% save percentage.

The Utah Hockey Club (17-15-6, 5th in the Central Division) visits the Dallas Stars (23-13-1, 4th in the Central Division) after Lawson Crouse’s two-goal game against the Calgary Flames in the Utah Hockey Club’s 5-3 win.

Tyler Herro scored 23 points and Jaime Jaquez had 20, including five in the final 1:03, to lead the Miami Heat to a 97-92 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. In a ragged game with 31 combined turnovers and both teams shooting under 40%,

The 2024-25 NHL season hit its midway point on Thursday. It's a perfect time to take a quick tour of the league. Here's one thought on all 32 teams.(Stats via NHL.com, Evolving-Hockey, and Sportlogiq.

Sidney Crosby moved up in the NHL record book and Bryan Rust ignited a four-goal outburst in the first period as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Thursday. It was the Penguins’ first win over the Oilers in more than five years.

Game Preview, 1/4: Utah Hockey Club vs. Dallas Stars WHEN: 6:00 p.m. MT WHERE: American Airlines Center - Dallas, Texas TV: SEG+, UtahHC+, Utah 16 | RADIO: KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM, NHL App

The Dallas Stars face the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center for the first time this season. Entering Thursday's match, the Stars are 25-13-1 while the Flyers are 17-19-5. The two teams will face each other once more this season on March 22 in Dallas.