Stars 4, Blackhawks 0: Hyry Twice, Oettinger's Third Shutout

October 17, 2026 - Chicago - Jason Robertson already had one waved off for offside. At 4:58 of the second he got the puck back from Mikko Rantanen at the bottom of the left circle and put it over Spencer Knight's glove. United Center had a 1-0 game. It never got the 1-1.

The Dallas Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0. Dallas is 4-3-1, two straight, 4-1-1 in its last six. Chicago is 3-6-0 after two wins. Shots were 32-19 Dallas. Arttu Hyry, Nils Lundkvist, Sam Steel, Wyatt Johnston, Tyler Seguin, and Connor Bedard are not seeded on AthX player pages, so those names stay unlinked.

Hyry scored twice, his first multi-goal NHL game, the NHL recap said. Robertson had a goal and an assist. Roope Hintz scored. Jake Oettinger stopped 19 for his third shutout of the season. Knight stopped 28 of 32. The Associated Press recap said the win was Glen Gulutzan's 200th as an NHL coach.

A first period with no score and one that came off the board

Dallas outshot Chicago 12-5 in the first, the AP recap said. Knight kept it 0-0. Robertson's try at 12:10 came off the board after a review showed Hintz offside entering the zone.

Chicago took interference early in the second. Robertson scored on the power play at 4:58, Dallas's 14th shot, the AP recap said. Robertson told NHL.com Rantanen is a passer, you find space, you get it back, you put it in.

Hyry made it 2-0 at 14:10. Steel sent him in on a 2-on-1. Wrist from the right circle. Knight stopped Hyry on a short-handed breakaway with 52.9 seconds left in the second, the AP recap said. Jeff Blashill told NHL.com Chicago had enough chances in the first and did not create much after that.

Hyry's backhand, Hintz, then a hand

Hyry scored again at 1:27 of the third. Lundkvist stretched a pass. Hyry beat Wyatt Kaiser to the left circle and roofed a backhand over Knight's glove. He told NHL.com he was coming off the bench and saw Nils looking up. Hintz buried one under the crossbar from the left dot at 9:40 from Seguin. 4-0.

Hintz was examined after a puck to the right hand or wrist late in the third. Glen Gulutzan had no immediate update, the NHL recap said. Oettinger told NHL.com you need luck, a couple of posts, and people committed in front of you. He is the first goaltender in Stars history with three shutouts through his first six appearances of a season, that recap said. The AP recap put his goals-against average at 1.00.

Bedard told NHL.com Chicago has to create more, including on the power play. Johnston returned after missing two games with an illness and put five shots on in 20:25. Bowen Byram missed a second game with an upper-body injury and is day to day, both recaps said.

Dallas hosts Boston on Tuesday. Chicago hosts Montreal on Friday.

AthX Engine on a 20.80 blank

AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored Robertson at 11.20 (a goal, an assist, seven shots, the power-play bonus). Hyry is 11.00. Hintz is 5.80. Oettinger's shutout win and 19 saves land at 12.60. Knight is 6.40.

Dallas's team line is 20.80. Chicago's 0-4 is 0.00 at the floor.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for a Stars defense that just handed Oettinger a third shutout, and for a Blackhawks group that had the first-period looks and none of the score. They are not the same number.

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*Sources: AP recap (ESPN), ESPN box score, NHL.com recap, NHL.com scoreboard, ESPN NHL scoreboard. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from NHL gamecenter box 2026020130. Information only; not financial advice.*