Top defenseman Miro Heiskanen and prolific forward Jason Robertson, their leading goal scorer in the regular season, missed the seven-game series against Colorado because of lower-body injuries.

Cowboy hats, baseball caps and even a fedora landed on the American Airlines Center ice Saturday night with just 2.7 seconds left in regulation of Game 7. Stars forward Mikko Rantanen scored his third goal of the night and third period into an empty net to secure the 4-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche and win the Stars’ first-round series in an epic comeback.

It wasn’t a handshake line at the end of this remarkable seven-game series for Mikko Rantanen. It was a hug line.