Dallas Stars forward Roope Hintz will not play in Thursday's game against the visiting Montreal Canadiens due to an upper-body injury.

He left the game after just fourt shifts and 2:27 of ice time. The Stars said their leading scorer is dealing with an upper body injury. With Hintz not on the bench, Wyatt Johnston is filling in for Dallas’ star forward on the top line.

Wyatt Johnston is expected to center the top line with Hintz out. Rookie forwards Matej Blumel and Justin Hryckowian will play in the bottom six with forwards Mason Marchment (face) and Tyler Seguin (hip) each continuing to recover from surgery. -- Taylor Baird

The Dallas Stars face the Montréal Canadiens Thursday night for second and final time this season. Entering Thursday's match, the Stars are 28-14-1 while the Canadiens are 21-18-4. The last time the two teams faced off on Jan. 11 in Montréal, Dallas earned a 2-1 shootout win.

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Hintz (upper body) will not be in the lineup Thursday against the Canadiens, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports. Hintz was injured in the opening period against Toronto on Tuesday, and did not return.

Hintz (undisclosed) is questionable to finish Tuesday's game versus the Maple Leafs after suffering an injury in the first period, Brien Rea of FanDuel Sports Network Southwest reports.

In the second low-scoring, competitive game in less than a week, the Montreal Canadiens avenged the loss from Saturday with a 3-1 win in Dallas Thursday night. The Stars were looking to keep the momentum going after collecting eight of ten points on a long road trip that took them up the east coast

For people wanting to place a bet on the upcoming game between the Dallas Stars and the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday at 8:00 PM ET, is Roope Hintz a player who is a good bet to light the lamp? We analyze all the numbers in the piece below.

The Dallas Stars are going to be missing one of their top offensive weapons. When speaking to the media, head coach Pete DeBoer revealed that forward Roope Hintz will not be playing on Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens.

Leevi Merilainen started for the second consecutive day and the 22-year-old rookie made 24 saves to help the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 victory against the visiting Dallas Stars on Sunday afternoon, ending their seven-game winning streak.

Josh Norris snuck one past goaltender Casey DeSmith to level the score 1-1, and Ottawa did not stop there. The Senators took a 2-1 lead in Dallas with two goals in 24 seconds, and this time did the same bang-bang lead change in 39 seconds when Tim Stutzle caught DeSmith out of position and found the back of the net.