<p>The slash Darnell Nurse laid to the foot of Dallas Stars centre Roope Hintz in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final broke his foot.</p>
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<p>Hintz confirmed the injury on Saturday.</p>
<p>“So, there was a fracture, or a crack, however you call it,” Hintz told Stars reporter <a href="https://www.starsthoughts.com/p/dallas-stars-media-day-interviews">Robert Tiffin</a>. “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.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Roope Hintz confirms that his foot was fractured after the slash by Darnell Nurse.</p>
<p>&mdash; Robert Tiffin (@RobertTiffin) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertTiffin/status/1928843795921011026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Roope Hintz had to be helped off the ice after taking a slash from Darnell Nurse</p>
<p>Nurse received a two-minute minor for slashing on the play <a href="https://t.co/1qHQRbbyHa">pic.twitter.com/1qHQRbbyHa</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1926101990230143326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The incident happened early in the third period when the <a href="http://oilersnation.com/combinations">Edmonton Oilers</a> defenceman and Hintz were battling in front of the Oilers net. Nurse was on the receiving end of a crosscheck in the back from Hintz, responding with a slash that caught him on the foot.</p>
<p>Hintz hit the ice hard, needing to be helped off the ice, as Nurse was initially assessed a five-minute major for slashing. A quick review, however, reduced it to a two-minute call.</p>
<p>After the game, Stars head coach Pete DeBoer was <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/stars-upset-about-darnell-nurse-slash-roope-hintz-five-minute-major-if-connor-mcdavid-gets-carried-off-ice-like-that?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter">none too pleased about it</a>.</p>
<p>“Does anyone in this room think that if Connor McDavid gets carried off the ice like that, that it’s not a five-minute major? Again, if that’s 97 carried off the ice in the same situation, I think we all know the answer to what that looks like for us.&#8221;</p>
<p>While Hintz missed Game 3, he returned for Game 4, only to find Oilers players — namely Evan Bouchard — <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/you-dont-see-that-much-outside-of-junior-hockey-dallas-stars-pete-deboer-edmonton-oilers-evan-bouchards-slash-roope-hintz">taking aim at his injured foot</a>. as the Oilers defenceman caught him with a slash.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Evan Bouchard gives Roope Hintz a slash to the top of his foot in his return to the lineup <a href="https://t.co/ejnLtPIrwp">pic.twitter.com/ejnLtPIrwp</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1927523119369216511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>DeBoer, also none too pleased with Bouchard&#8217;s slash, vocalized his displeasure after the game.</p>
<p>“You know what,” DeBoer said. “The referees, I think, have to take care of that. You don’t see that much outside of junior hockey. Hopefully, the league takes care of it.”</p>
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The slash Darnell Nurse laid to the foot of Dallas Stars centre Roope Hintz in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final broke his foot.



Hintz confirmed the injury on Saturday.

“So, there was a fracture, or a crack, however you call it,” Hintz told Stars reporter <a href="https://www.starsthoughts.com/p/dallas-stars-media-day-interviews">Robert Tiffin</a>. “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.”
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The incident happened early in the third period when the <a href="http://oilersnation.com/combinations">Edmonton Oilers</a> defenceman and Hintz were battling in front of the Oilers net. Nurse was on the receiving end of a crosscheck in the back from Hintz, responding with a slash that caught him on the foot.

Hintz hit the ice hard, needing to be helped off the ice, as Nurse was initially assessed a five-minute major for slashing. A quick review, however, reduced it to a two-minute call.

After the game, Stars head coach Pete DeBoer was <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/stars-upset-about-darnell-nurse-slash-roope-hintz-five-minute-major-if-connor-mcdavid-gets-carried-off-ice-like-that?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter">none too pleased about it</a>.

“Does anyone in this room think that if Connor McDavid gets carried off the ice like that, that it’s not a five-minute major? Again, if that’s 97 carried off the ice in the same situation, I think we all know the answer to what that looks like for us."

While Hintz missed Game 3, he returned for Game 4, only to find Oilers players — namely Evan Bouchard — <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/you-dont-see-that-much-outside-of-junior-hockey-dallas-stars-pete-deboer-edmonton-oilers-evan-bouchards-slash-roope-hintz">taking aim at his injured foot</a>. as the Oilers defenceman caught him with a slash.

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1927523119369216511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1927523119369216511%7Ctwgr%5Ee24289597f40229407935c01f4018d26f2ea1b10%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foilersnation.com%2Fnews%2Fyou-dont-see-that-much-outside-of-junior-hockey-dallas-stars-pete-deboer-edmonton-oilers-evan-bouchards-slash-roope-hintz

DeBoer, also none too pleased with Bouchard's slash, vocalized his displeasure after the game.

“You know what,” DeBoer said. “The referees, I think, have to take care of that. You don’t see that much outside of junior hockey. Hopefully, the league takes care of it.”
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QX_QCiZyIo&amp;list=PLRSWOpthKmdtmFOKQDd7TQdTU2KSKXYvX">DFO DFS Report</a>. He can be followed on Twitter, currently known as X, at</span></i> <em><a href="http://www.x.com/zjlaing"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@zjlaing</span></a></em><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>,</em> or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.</span></i>

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