The Dallas Stars are going to be missing one of their top offensive weapons. When speaking to the media, head coach Pete DeBoer revealed that forward Roope Hintz will not be playing on Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens.

PHILADELPHIA -- The Dallas Stars won their sixth straight game, 4-1 against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Thursday. Mavrik Bourque, Roope Hintz, Wyatt Johnston and Miro Heiskanen scored for Dallas (26-13-1), which also won its fourth straight on the road. Jason Robertson had two assists, and Casey DeSmith made 27 saves.

Morgan Frost scored the lone goal for the Flyers. The Flyers are stuck on 17 wins with only nine in regulation and were forced to hear "E-A-G-L-E-S! E-A-G-L-E-S!" chants from a thinned-out crowd in the waning moments of another loss.

Drysdale was on the ice for the Stars' first two goals Thursday night almost exactly a year after being traded from Anaheim.

Casey DeSmith made 27 saves and four Dallas players scored as the Stars rolled over the host Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Thursday for their sixth consecutive win.

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers host the Dallas Stars after ... Matt Duchene has 16 goals and 22 assists for the Stars. Roope Hintz has scored seven goals with one assist over the last ...

The Dallas Stars face the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center for the first time this season. Entering Thursday's match, the Stars are 25-13-1 while the Flyers are 17-19-5. The two teams will face each other once more this season on March 22 in Dallas.

Mavrik Bourque and Roope Hintz scored in the first period ... allowing the third-most goals per game (3.54) in the NHL. Philadelphia Flyers' Garnet Hathaway (19) and Dallas Stars' Nils Lundkvist ...

Casey DeSmith stopped 27 shots to lead the Dallas Stars to their sixth straight victory, 4-1 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

January 10 - Casey DeSmith made 27 saves and four Dallas players scored as the Stars rolled over the host Philadelphia ... Flyers 4-1 on Thursday for their sixth consecutive win. Mavrik Bourque ...

Those two games against the Leafs, the Flyers could at least say they played with a sound process. Thursday night against the Stars, there was just nothing.

The Dallas Stars (26-13-1) stayed hot in Philadelphia, defeating the Flyers (17-20-5) 4-1 in one of their more impressive victories of the season thus far.