Not that the rest of the season has been much different, but the Chicago Blackhawks opened the “playing out the stretch” portion of the season with a 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday night at the United Center.
Stars forward Roope Hintz had himself a night, scoring a hat trick, and he started down that road with this power-play goal about halfway through the first period:
Roope Hintz scores a power-play goal against the Chicago Blackhawks to make it 1-0 #CHIvsDAL #Blackhawks #TexasHockey pic.