Twelve minutes of ice time is a modest share of an NHL game. Arttu Hyry used his allocation to score twice Saturday night at United Center, supplying two even-strength goals in the Dallas Stars’ 4-0 win over Chicago.
The performance offered an appealing bit of roster math. Jason Robertson, Mikko Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston and Tyler Seguin all logged considerably more time, yet Hyry supplied the goals that moved Dallas from a one-goal lead to a three-goal cushion. Chicago fell to 3-6-0, useful context for a supporting performance worth appreciating without turning it into a new forward hierarchy.
The third-period goal was his second. Lundkvist received the assist on the backhand finish. At 3-0, the scoreboard had become far less negotiable. Roope Hintz added another even-strength goal at 9:40, with Tyler Seguin and Robertson assisting, but the decisive widening of the margin had already come from Hyry.
His first goal deserves equal billing because it changed the game before the third-period cushion existed. At 14:10 of the second, Hyry scored at even strength, assisted by Sam Steel, to make it 2-0. Robertson’s power-play goal had come at 4:58 of the same period, with Rantanen and Thomas Harley assisting.
That goal broke a scoreless tie, but one goal leaves plenty of room for a strange bounce, a bad penalty or a late push to rearrange the evening.
Hyry’s marker gave Dallas a second kind of offense. The Stars were no longer dependent on converting another advantage with four skaters on the other side. They had scored during the ordinary rhythm of the game, then did it again early in the next period. That distinction matters because Dallas finished 1-for-4 on the power play, productive without being the engine of the entire result.
The broader numbers show why Hyry’s goals had room to matter. Dallas outshot Chicago 32-19, with a 12-5 edge in the first period and a 12-6 advantage in the second. Hyry recorded five shots, matching Wyatt Johnston and trailing only Robertson’s seven among Dallas forwards.
Five attempts do not establish that every shift was dangerous, but they do show a player contributing more than two isolated entries in the scoring summary.
Meanwhile, the heavier-minute forwards remained central to the win in different ways. Robertson played 19:35 and finished with a goal, an assist and seven shots. Rantanen logged 18:46, Johnston 20:25 and Seguin 17:04. Those workloads and contributions reflect Dallas’ established attack. Hyry’s value was more specific: he converted the opportunities that turned a strong performance into a four-goal margin.
