Jason Robertson did not need much of an invitation Saturday night. He supplied the Dallas Stars’ opening goal and kept adding attempts to a seven-shot night, while Arttu Hyry gave the scoring an unexpected boost.
Robertson’s power-play goal at 4:58 of the second period opened Dallas’ 4-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center. He finished with seven shots, a goal and an assist, helping the Stars make their veteran and high-end talent count after Chicago’s goaltender had kept the game scoreless through 20 minutes.
Robertson’s contribution gave Dallas both scoring and shooting volume. The Stars can win with different contributors, as Hyry emphatically demonstrated, but Saturday’s result began with their recognizable offensive engine generating enough volume to make resistance increasingly expensive.
The opening period offered a useful counterpoint to the final score. Dallas outshot Chicago 12-5, yet Knight stopped all 12 shots he faced. That was more than a ceremonial good start: Chicago entered the second period tied despite spending much of the opening frame absorbing Dallas’ attack.
Knight continued to give the Blackhawks a chance after the break. He made 28 saves on 32 Dallas shots, and the Stars needed a power play to produce the first crack. Mikko Rantanen and Thomas Harley assisted Robertson’s wrist shot, giving the top-end Dallas group a tangible return after a period of pressure without a goal.
Robertson’s seven shots were the clearest individual sign of Dallas’ attacking persistence. Wyatt Johnston also put five on net, while Hyry added five of his own. Those numbers do not describe shot quality by themselves, but they do show a Dallas attack that kept presenting problems rather than waiting for one perfect opening.
The surprise arrived 9:12 after Robertson’s goal. Sam Steel assisted Hyry’s even-strength wrist shot at 14:10 of the second period, and Hyry scored again just 1:27 into the third, this time on a backhand set up by Nils Lundkvist.
That sequence turned a one-goal game into a 3-0 Dallas lead early in the third period. Hyry played 12 minutes and took five shots, producing two goals without needing a large workload to become the night’s most efficient finisher. His contribution was especially valuable because it allowed Dallas’ star-led offense to remain the foundation without requiring every goal to come from the usual names.
Roope Hintz added the final goal at 9:40 of the third, assisted by Tyler Seguin and Robertson. The score gave Robertson a second point and put another familiar piece of the Stars’ attack on the board. Rantanen, Seguin and Hintz each recorded an assist or goal, while Robertson connected the group to both the opening breakthrough and the insurance tally.
