Stars head coach Pete DeBoer announced Tuesday that Heiskanen would return to action for Game 4 against the Jets. The Stars activated the defenseman from long-term injured reserve a few hours later, prior to the 7:00 p.m. puck drop.

The message is simple for the Winnipeg Jets. If they hope to stay alive in their Western Conference second-round series against the Dallas Stars, they need to score more goals.

To get to the Winnipeg Jets’ dressing room at American Airlines Center after Tuesday night’s loss, reporters shared an elevator with Jets management, navigated through members of Winnipeg’s taxi squad,

Just one win away from the Western Conference finals with a 3-1 series lead over the Winnipeg Jets, the Dallas Stars are in a comfortable spot. After Miro Heiskanen’s return Tuesday, the Stars have their full lineup featuring their previously injured players and trade deadline adds for the first time this season.

The Dallas Stars have a 3-1 series lead and have controlled the Round 2 matchup for the most part. Aside from the 4-0 shutout win in Game 2 from the Winnipeg Jets, it’s been all Stars, and they’ve notably taken over on their home ice with back-to-back wins by multiple goals.

The Dallas Stars fell to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday in rather quiet fashion, dropping Game 2 4-0 to tie this second-round series at 1-1. After a shaky performance in Round 1, Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck showed what all the hype is about as the soon-to-be 3-time Vezina winner kept the Stars off the board for 60 minutes.

The Dallas Stars will have a chance at home to extend their NHL Western Conference playoffs series lead over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night, May 13.

The Dallas Stars face the Winnipeg Jets tonight in Game 4 of this seven-game series. Dallas has home ice, looking to build on a big 5-2 victory in Game 3.

In this edition, former Buffalo Sabres coach Don Granato writes about the Western Conference Second Round. The Dallas Stars lead the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 in the best-of-7 series entering Game 4 at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC).