![]() ![]() "It hits your best defenseman in the face, blows up his cheek pretty much." ![]() "Terrible bounce," Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger said. Immediately, Heiskanen dropped to all fours. The puck hit Stars defenseman Ryan Suter, then rose high and wide right, striking Heiskanen. The score was 0-0 early in the second period of Game 3 on Sunday when Kraken forward Tye Kartye fired a shot above the left face-off circle. Luckily, it wasn't too bad and too serious." ![]() "It's kind of bad feeling when you are laying on the table and can't do much there. "Of course, I can hear the goal horn," Heiskanen said. Heiskanen made it seem so routine that it was hard to believe where he had been about 48 hours earlier, stuck in a training room after taking a puck in the face, getting stitched up, feeling helpless as his team unraveled in a 7-2 loss. Game 5 is at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Thursday (9:30 p.m. The 23-year-old defenseman had an assist and played 31:02, by far the most of any skater on either team, helping the Stars tie the best-of-7 series 2-2. Dark red, almost black, dried blood scabbed over stitches holding together a deep cut in his cheek. ![]()
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