With six goals in his last two games, Rantanen and the Stars will take on the Winnipeg Jets on Friday for Game 2 of their second-round playoff series. After the Stars took Game 1, expect a desperate Jets team and some double- and triple-teams on the sizzling-hot Rantanen.

Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Dallas Stars 4-0 on Friday night in Game 2 to tie the Western Conference second-round series.

Linesman Devin Berg (87) gets between Dallas Stars' Roope Hintz (24) and Winnipeg Jets' Dylan Demelo (2) during the third period of an NHL hockey playoff series in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP) AP