The Dallas Stars are on the brink of advancing to the Western Conference Finals after a commanding 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4 on Tuesday night at the American Airlines Center.

To get to the Winnipeg Jets’ dressing room at American Airlines Center after Tuesday night’s loss, reporters shared an elevator with Jets management, navigated through members of Winnipeg’s taxi squad,

In this edition, former Buffalo Sabres coach Don Granato writes about the Western Conference Second Round. The Dallas Stars lead the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 in the best-of-7 series entering Game 4 at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC).

The Jets will be looking at this game as an absolute must-win as they should with a 3-1 series deficit virtually sealing their fate. Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger has been sensational but has shown cracks with .908 save percentage in five home playoff starts.

Miro Heiskanen is expected to make his long-awaited return to the lineup Tuesday when the Dallas Stars host the Winnipeg Jets for Game 4 of their second-round series, Stars head coach Pete DeBoer told Lia Assimakopoulos of The Dallas Morning News.

Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen, who was injured in January, returned in Game 4 against the Winnipeg Jets.