Mikael Granlund's first career hat trick powers Dallas Stars - ESPN

The Dallas Stars' 3-1 win in Game 4 against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night was a contrast in offensive efficiency. The Jets converted just once on 72 shot attempts. Dallas center Mikael Granlund, meanwhile, needed only three shot attempts in the game to score three goals. His hat trick was all the offense the Stars needed to take a commanding 3-1 series lead, moving one win away from their third straight trip to the Western Conference finals.

«Obviously, the job is not done. We've got a lot of work to do. [But] that was a good win,» Granlund said.

It was the first career hat trick for Granlund, a 13-year veteran whom the Stars acquired from the San Jose Sharks in a trade back in February. Three goals on three shots, all of them sailing past Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck, who remained winless on the road in the 2025 postseason.

Granlund's first goal came at 8:36 on the power play, as he skated in on three Jets defensemen and fired a snap shot past Hellebuyck from the top of the slot.

«I was just shooting it somewhere and it went in,» Granlund said.

«I got a clean enough look. It was just a damn perfect shot, just above my pad and below my glove,» Hellebuyck lamented.

«Obviously, he probably wants the first one back, the wrister,» Jets coach Scott Arniel said of Hellebuyck. «At the end of the day, we've got to get him some run support. Get him a lead.»

Granlund's second shot and second goal came on a play started by Mikko Rantanen, whose league-leading point total now stands at 19 for the playoffs. His outlet pass found Granlund in the neutral zone, sparking a 2-on-1 with Roope Hintz. Granlund kept the puck and roofed it to give Dallas a 2-1 lead after Nik Ehlers had tied the game for Winnipeg earlier in the second