Dallas Stars beat Winnipeg Jets after Roope Hintz’s late equalizer

A scoreless opening

Winnipeg entered with six goals across its previous three games, while Dallas had conceded two or fewer in eight of its nine games entering the matchup. Brayden Yager made his season debut for the Jets.

Dallas outshot Winnipeg 12–6 in a scoreless first period. Wyatt Johnston opened the scoring at 1:17 of the second, snapping home with an extra skater on during a delayed penalty.

Winnipeg takes the lead

Jake Oettinger stopped Yager on a breakaway shortly before Gabriel Vilardi poked through traffic to equalize with 9:10 left in the second. Kyle Connor followed 1:48 later, scoring a right-circle one-timer after Dallas failed to clear.

The equalizer was Vilardi’s first goal of the season.

Stuart Skinner kept Winnipeg ahead in the period’s final minute, stopping a rolling puck after a net-front deflection. The Jets carried their one-goal lead into the third.

Hintz supplies the late equalizer

Dallas pulled its goalie, and Mikko Rantanen passed from behind Winnipeg’s net to Hintz. His finish from the slot tied the game with two minutes remaining in regulation.

Overtime finish

Hintz scored the overtime winner at 3:47 after Jason Robertson’s block and Miro Heiskanen’s breakaway pass.

Skinner faced twice as many shots as Oettinger, with Dallas putting 38 on net to Winnipeg’s 19 overall. Skinner finished with 35 saves on 38 shots. Oettinger stopped 17 of 19 for his fifth win of the season. Johnston added an assist to his opening goal for a two-point game. Winnipeg’s defeat was its fourth consecutive loss, and Yager, Viggo Björck, Mark Scheifele and Cole Perfetti finished without points.