Eagle-eyed hockey fans may have noticed that Mikael Granlund’s goal on Tuesday — the second one; he scored three in the Stars’ Game 4 win — looked awfully familiar. With the game vs. Winnipeg tied 1-1 and time winding down in the second period,

Mikael Granlund had his first career playoff hat trick, Jake Oettinger stopped 31 shots and the Dallas Stars beat Winnipeg 3-1 to take a 3-1 series series lead over the top seed in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.

There is some revisionist thinking sweeping the Pittsburgh Penguins land Wednesday, the day after former, albeit briefly, Penguins forward and current Dallas Stars hero Mikael Granlund humbled the Winnipeg Jets with a hat trick in Game 4,

The Stars flexed their muscles with another multi-goal victory in Tuesday’s Game 4, thanks in large part to a hat trick by midseason trade acquisition Mikael Granlund. That’s right: Stars GM Jim Nill hit on more than just Mikko Rantanen at the deadline.