Mikko Rantanen scored a natural hat trick in the second period and the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Jake Oettinger stopped 30 shots for Dallas,

Dallas Stars superstar Mikko Rantanen has done it again. He single-handedly won the Stars' first-round series against his former team, and now he has propelled them to a Game 1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets to open the second round.

After leading the Stars’ historic comeback in Game 7 vs. the Avalanche, in which Rantanen scored three third-period goals to storm back and steal the win, the newly-acquired forward didn’t slow down his pace for Game 1 vs. the Jets.