A Dallas Stars team down several forwards might have just lost another.
Roope Hintz left the Stars’ game against the Hurricanes after being on the receiving end of a heavy hit from Carolina’s Taylor Hall. Hall got a two-minute charging penalty for the hit.
Hintz got flattened after chasing the puck into the corner left of Jake Oettinger’s net. He was down and received medical attention on the ice before getting up and skating off under his own power.
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Hintz’s exit could be troublesome for a Stars team already down several forwards. Captain Jamie Benn has not yet played this season after undergoing surgery for a collapsed lung. Dallas has also been without Matt Duchene for several games after he took a big hit against the Minnesota Wild. Center Oskar Back has also missed time early this season with an undisclosed injury.
The new Stars coach admitted his team’s been slogging through a bit of what he called “clunkiness” so far.
Benn suffered a collapsed lung in a preseason game and has missed the start of the Stars’ season.