Stars coach Pete DeBoer says this is the best response team he has had in Dallas. They keep responding and now go into Game 4 at home with a chance for a 3-1 series lead against the top-seeded Winnipeg Jets in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Dallas came away with one road win to start the series, setting itself up with home-ice advantage for Games 3 and 4. While the Stars won’t have top defenseman Miro Heiskanen for Sunday’s Game 3, Dallas has shown it can overcome multiple challenges in its postseason run.

Winnipeg Jets coach Scott Arniel chuckled when asked before Sunday’s game what had worked so well against preposterously hot Mikko Rantanen in a Game 2 shutout of the Dallas Stars. “Well, we’re not done with him yet,