Dallas Stars Daily Links: A Night of Firsts

Man was that a fun game last night. Four players scored their first goals of the season for the Dallas Stars, as if the players were tired of hearing narratives about a lack of depth scoring.

We’ll jump straight into the highlights, starting with this beauty by Jason Dickinson to open up the scoring:

Later, Roman Polak surprised practically everyone with a dazzling goal of his own:

But perhaps the most exhilarating goal was the Stars’ third of the night, where Miro Heiskanen scored the eventual game-winner for his first career NHL goal:

Mattias Janmark was yet another player to get their first of the season, scoring on a breakaway courtesy of Julius Honka:

And a couple of minutes before the second intermission, Jason Dickinson capped off the scoring with his second of the evening:

Dickinson ended up with the first star of the game, but I think we can all agree Heiskanen walked away with the better prize:

Here’s the Stars’ rookie sensation discussing his first career goal:

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Stars Stories

Count Esa Lindell as one of Heiskanen’s biggest believers:

Mike Heika wrote a nice piece about Tyler Pitlick’s (brief) time on the first line with Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin: [NHL]

As a former player and now coach, Jim Montgomery shares how the NHL has changed its view on head injuries over the years: [SportsDay DFW]

Sean Shapiro talks about Ty Dellandrea and more in his latest mailbag:

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Central Census

Every team in the Central Division besides the Stars scored exactly four goals last night. I’m not even kidding:

• The Chicago Blackhawks continue their early season success with a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers. [Second City Hockey]
• The Minnesota Wild had a 4-1 victory of their own, giving the Los Angeles Kings their sixth consecutive loss. [NHL]
• Meanwhile the Nashville Predators almost lost, but came back to force the New Jersey Devils into overtime, where they won 4-3. [On the Forecheck]
• Look on the bright side: at least the St. Louis Blues managed to lose, getting blown out 7-4 to the Columbus Blue Jackets! [The Cannon]

On the other hand, does a loss by the Blues really matter with the short-term perspective?

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League Links

Biggest news of the day (outside of Heiskanen’s first goal, of course) came courtesy of the NHL commissioner:

It’s never too early to take a look at next year’s draft class: [The Hockey News]

Detroit Red Wings, meet rock bottom:

With a new style of play, the Ottawa Senators have surprised everyone so far this season: [Sportsnet]

This piece alone is worth the subscription:

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Final Finn

In case you guys somehow forgot, I love Miro Heiskanen. Congrats once again to the young Finn!