DALLAS (AP) — Miro Heiskanen had an immediate impact for the Dallas Stars in these NHL playoffs, even after missing 42 games because of a knee injury.
Heiskanen returned to the lineup for the first time in 3 1/2 months on Tuesday night, and had an assist as the Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 to take a 3-1 series lead in the second-round Western Conference series.
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A cowboy hat is thrown onto the ice as Dallas Stars' Mason Marchment (27) and Miro Heiskanen, center, celebrate with Mikael Granlund, right, after Granlund earned a hat trick in the third period of Game 4 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen warms up before Game 4 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Winnipeg Jets in Dallas, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen warms up before Game 4 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Winnipeg Jets in Dallas, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
FILE - Carolina Hurricanes right wing Jackson Blake (53) trips while competing for the puck against Dallas Stars' Miro Heiskanen in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Dallas, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE - Dallas Stars' Miro Heiskanen (4) looks on against the St. Louis Blues during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Jan. 25, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz, File)
“I thought it was a perfect night. He got 15 minutes in, made a huge play for us on the power play,” coach Pete DeBoer said. “You can see what he adds, just his composure and patience with the puck. It’s hard not to play him more, you know, we’ve got to fight that urge. But talking to him after, he got through the game and he feels good. So, mission accomplished.”
Heiskanen was activated from long-term injured reserve earlier Tuesday and went through an optional morning skate. He was one of the first players on the ice for pregame warmups, drawing cheers from Stars fans, and was in the starting lineup.
“Just try to be smart, play short shifts and make simple plays at the beginning there and just try to be smart and handle the pressure well,” Heiskanen said. "But it’s a long time between the last game, but it was fun to be back and guys helped me out there pretty well.”
Mikael Granlund had a hat trick for the Stars, and got his third goal in the waning seconds of a power play with 12 1/2 minutes left in the game when Heiskanen had the primary assist.
Heiskanen had missed the last 32 regular-season games and the first 10 playoff games. He injured his left knee against Vegas on Jan. 28, when he took a big hit from Golden Knights captain Mark Stone, and had surgery in February.
“That’s the first time I’ve ever seen him not catch a guy on a breakaway, so you can tell he’s been out a while,” DeBoer said.
“It’s hard for sure. You never want to miss any time. You want to be playing, but that stuff happens in this sport, and it’s something you have to deal with," Heiskanen said of the time between games. “But just try to stay positive and work hard, and guys did a great job to beat Colorado, and I had a chance to come back and be playing again. ... It's great to be back now.”
Before getting hurt this season, the 25-year-old Heiskanen had 25 points (five goals, 20 assists) in his 50 regular-season games. Now in his seventh NHL season, all with the Stars, he had 62 points (16 goals) in 86 playoff games.
Heiskanen was the third overall pick in the 2017 NHL draft. The native of Finland is in the fourth season of the $67.6 million, eight-year contract he signed four summers ago.
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A cowboy hat is thrown onto the ice as Dallas Stars' Mason Marchment (27) and Miro Heiskanen, center, celebrate with Mikael Granlund, right, after Granlund earned a hat trick in the third period of Game 4 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen warms up before Game 4 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Winnipeg Jets in Dallas, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen warms up before Game 4 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Winnipeg Jets in Dallas, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
FILE - Carolina Hurricanes right wing Jackson Blake (53) trips while competing for the puck against Dallas Stars' Miro Heiskanen in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Dallas, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE - Dallas Stars' Miro Heiskanen (4) looks on against the St. Louis Blues during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Jan. 25, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz, File)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspect.
University President Christina Paxson said she was told that all 10 people who were shot were students. Another person was injured by fragments from the shooting, authorities said.
Officers scattered across the campus and into an affluent neighborhood filled with historic and stately brick homes, searching academic buildings, backyards and porches for hours late into the night after the shooting erupted in the afternoon.
The suspect was a male in dark clothing who was last seen leaving the engineering building where the attack happened, said Timothy O’Hara, deputy chief of Providence police.
Some witnesses told them the suspect, who could be in his 30s, may have been wearing a camouflage mask, O'Hara said.
Investigators were not yet sure how the shooter got inside the first-floor classroom. Outer doors of the building were unlocked, but rooms being used for final exams required badge access, Providence's mayor said.
Authorities believe the shooter used a handgun, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Rhode Island has some of the strictest gun laws in the U.S. Last spring the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed an assault weapon ban that will prohibit the sale and manufacturing of certain high-powered firearms, but not their possession, starting next July.
“The unthinkable has happened,” Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said.
Mayor Brett Smiley said a shelter-in-place remained in effect and encouraged people living near the campus to stay inside or not return home until it is lifted. Streets that normally bustle with activity on weekends were eerily quiet.
“We have all available resources” to find the suspect, Smiley said.
Emma Ferraro, a chemical engineering student, was in the engineering building’s lobby working on a final project when she heard loud pops coming from the east side.
Once she realized they were gunshots, she darted for the door and ran to a nearby building where she was waited for a couple of hours.
Eight people with gunshot wounds were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where six were in critical but stable condition, according to Kelly Brennan, a spokesperson for the hospital. Another was in critical condition and one was stable, she said.
University officials initially told students and staff that a suspect was in custody, before later saying that was not the case. The mayor said a person preliminarily thought to be involved was detained but was later determined to have no involvement.
Nearly five hours after the shooting, officers in tactical gear led students out of some campus buildings and into a fitness center.
The shooting occurred in the Barus & Holley building, a seven-story complex that houses the School of Engineering and physics department. According to the university’s website, the building includes more than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms and offices.
Engineering design exams were underway there when the shooting occurred.
Brown senior biochemistry student Alex Bruce was working on a final research project in his dorm directly across the street from the building when he heard sirens outside and received a text about an active shooter shortly after 4 p.m.
“I’m just in here shaking,” he said, watching through the window as a half-dozen armed officers in tactical gear surrounded his dorm. He said he feared for a friend who he thought was inside the engineering building at the time.
Students in a nearby lab hid under desks and turned off the lights after receiving an alert about the shooting, said Chiangheng Chien, a doctoral student in engineering who was about a block away from the scene.
Mari Camara, 20, a junior from New York City, was coming out of the library and rushed inside a taqueria to seek shelter. She spent more than three hours there, texting friends while police searched the campus.
“Everyone is the same as me, shocked and terrified that something like this happened,” she said.
President Donald Trump told reporters that he had been briefed on the shooting and “all we can do right now is pray for the victims.”
Brown, the seventh oldest higher education institution in the U.S., is one of the nation's most prestigious colleges, with roughly 7,300 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students. Tuition, housing and other fees run to nearly $100,000 per year, according to the university.
Durkin Richer reported from Washington. Associated Press journalists Mike Balsamo and Seung Min Kim in Washington; Hannah Schoenbaum in Salt Lake City; Jack Dura in Bismarck, North Dakota; Martha Bellisle in Seattle; and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed.
Students are escorted by law enforcement officers to a building at Brown University after a shooting, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in Providence, R.I.. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A law enforcement official walks past articles of clothing on a sidewalk near an entrance to Brown University, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in Providence, R.I., during the investigation of a shooting. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Law enforcement officials carry rifles while walking on a street in a neighborhood near Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 during the investigation of a shooting. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Law enforcement officials walk near an entrance to Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during the investigation of a shooting. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Emergency personnel gather on Waterman Street at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during the investigation of a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Emergency personnel gather on Waterman Street at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during the investigation of a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Law enforcement officials carrying weapons gather near Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during the investigation of a shooting. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Ambulances line Hope Street at Brown University in Providence, R.I., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during reports of a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Emergency personnel gather at Hope and Waterman Streets at Brown University in Providence, R.I., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during reports of a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Ambulances line Hope Street at Brown University in Providence, R.I., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during reports of a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Emergency personnel gather at Hope and Waterman Streets at Brown University in Providence, R.I., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during reports of a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
In this image from video, law enforcement officials gather outside the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)
FILE - The logo for Brown University is displayed at the school's campus in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
