{"id":115060,"date":"2026-01-08T04:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115060\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T04:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:09:13","slug":"stars-roope-hintz-sets-new-record-in-dallas-skid-ending-victory-over-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115060\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars\u2019 Roope Hintz sets new record in Dallas\u2019 skid-ending victory over Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Roope Hintz did all he could to make sure the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/\">Dallas Stars\u2019<\/a> losing streak would not reach seven games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Hintz put 12 shots on net at Washington on Wednesday night to set a record for the most in a single game since the team moved to Texas from Minnesota in 1993. His 12th and final shot with 18.6 seconds left became the empty-net goal that sealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/07\/dallas-stars-washington-capitals-nhl-score-casey-desmith-radek-faksa\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/07\/dallas-stars-washington-capitals-nhl-score-casey-desmith-radek-faksa\/\">a 4-1 victory against the Capitals.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2FGO6M3JSFAXNJQBWZ4FO7H7ZU.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Stars center Wyatt Johnston (53) celebrates his goal with center Sam Steel (18)...\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cGuys were stepping up because guys wanted this to end,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/glen-gulutzan\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/glen-gulutzan\/\">coach Glen Gulutzan<\/a> said following his team\u2019s first victory since Dec. 21.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington&#8217;s A La Carte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Hintz is one of seven Dallas players to be picked for the upcoming Olympics in Milan. He is one of four Finns, joined by Miro Heiskanen, Mikko Rantanen and Esa Lindell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dino Ciccarelli has the franchise record with 14 on March 28, 1988, when they were still the North Stars. Fellow Hall of Famer Ray Bourque owns the NHL record with 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Matt Duchene also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/07\/watch-dallas-stars-matt-duchene-posts-900th-career-point-with-assist-vs-capitals\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/07\/watch-dallas-stars-matt-duchene-posts-900th-career-point-with-assist-vs-capitals\/\"> recorded his 900th regular-season point<\/a> in the league with an assist on Sam Steel\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find more Stars coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Roope Hintz did all he could to make sure the Dallas Stars\u2019 losing streak would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,1115,2484,3629,154,2486],"class_list":{"0":"post-115060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news","11":"tag-dallas-stars","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-roope-hintz","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-stars"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}