DALLAS -- Miro Heiskanen is expected to return from a knee injury for the Dallas Stars in Game 4 of the Western Conference Second Round against the Winnipeg Jets at American Airlines Center on Tuesday 8 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC).

Defenseman Miro Heiskanen has been activated from long-term injured reserve and could return to the Dallas Stars lineup for the first time in 3 1/2 months.

Their first-round opponent, the Colorado Avalanche, waited years for Gabriel Landeskog to play. The Edmonton Oilers were missing their bull-in-a-china-shop Evander Kane, who returned for Game 2 of their series against the Los Angeles Kings.