Roope Hintz Finally Breaks Silence on Painful Injury Inflicted by Darnell Nurse

Nurse was initially hit with a 5 minute major penalty before it was soon reduced to a mere 2 minute minor, and there was no additional discipline. Hintz missed the rest of Game 2 and couldn't play in Game 3.

Hintz and the Stars were knocked from the playoffs by the Oilers, who won the WCF in 5 games. During their locker room cleanout day, Hintz confirmed that his injury was nothing minor and that he'd suffered a fractured foot.

Naturally, Hintz said the ordeal was painful.

So, there was a fracture, or a crack, however you call it. So it was pretty painful. I tried to go in Game 3, but I couldn't. Then we find a way that I was able to play in Game 4.

After Game 2, a furious Peter DeBoer called out what he felt was a double standard in the officiating had the circumstances been reversed and an Oilers star player had been hurt instead.

I'll answer your question with a question, does anyone in this room think if Connor McDavid gets carried off the ice like that, it's not a five-minute major. That's my answer to your question.

Unfortunately for the Stars, there's nothing that can be done at this point.