Just one win away from the Western Conference finals with a 3-1 series lead over the Winnipeg Jets, the Dallas Stars are in a comfortable spot. After Miro Heiskanen’s return Tuesday, the Stars have their full lineup featuring their previously injured players and trade deadline adds for the first time this season.

The Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars are each one win away from winning their second-round series and moving on to the conference finals.

Veteran center Mikael Granlund chose the right time for his first career hat trick, recording three goals Tuesday night, as Dallas handled the Winnipeg Jets, 3-1, in Game 4 of the Western Conference second round,

The Dallas Stars feel like the favorites in the West right now. With a 2-1 series lead over the Winnipeg Jets and looking like the far superior team, they’re the team to beat.

After missing more than three months due to injury, Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen could be back on the ice very soon. Stars head coach Peter DeBoer tol

In this edition, former Buffalo Sabres coach Don Granato writes about the Western Conference Second Round. The Dallas Stars lead the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 in the best-of-7 series entering Game 4 at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC).

The Jets will be looking at this game as an absolute must-win as they should with a 3-1 series deficit virtually sealing their fate. Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger has been sensational but has shown cracks with .908 save percentage in five home playoff starts.

Miro Heiskanen hasn't been available to Pete DeBoer in these playoffs, but the Stars head coach believes he will soon return from injury.