DALLAS — If you wanted a clue about who would impact the Dallas Stars’ 5-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night, you only had to listen to pregame introductions.
As the Stars’ entire roster was introduced at 7:05 p.m., the loudest cheers were reserved for faces of the franchise. Jason Robertson? Thunderous. Roope Hintz? Roaring. Miro Heiskanen? Rolling. And the loudest of all, Jake Oettinger.
The sellout crowd at the American Airlines Center proved clairvoyant. Either that, or the team’s best players performed like it during the home opener, pushing the Stars’ record to 2-0-0 on the young season.
