23-year-old Thomas Harley has stepped up big time throughout Heiskanen’s absence, but he’s gone to a new level in the playoffs. Harley picked up the primary assist on the Stars’ only goal in ...

Heiskanen’s return also helps Dallas readjust its defense. Thomas Harley absorbed more responsibility and minutes during ...

When the Edmonton Oilers met the Dallas Stars in the 2024 Western Conference final a year ago, Thomas Harley largely flew ...

With Heiskanen unavailable, Thomas Harley carried the blue line in Saturday's Game 1, leading all skaters in ice time with 27:34. He recorded a power-play assist on the team's lone goal in a 5-1 loss.

Heiskanen led Dallas in average ice time (25:10) before he left the lineup Jan. 31. At that point, Harley was second (22:29). From that point forward, Harley led the Stars at 24:53. His workload ...

Thomas Harley has shown that he can quarterback a powerplay one-line. Heiskanen’s absence has given Harley this chance, and ...

Thomas Harley was a top-pairing defenseman when Miro Heiskanen was healthy, and he was a top-pairing defenseman when Miro Heiskanen was hurt. The minutes were hard before Heiskanen’s knee injury ...

The Stars' long-awaited breakthrough to the Stanley Cup Final may come down to how well their best defenseman contains the ...

The Stars have been impatiently waiting for top defenseman Miro Heiskanen to make his postseason ... The second pair is Thomas Harley and Ilya Lyubushkin. These four are averaging the highest ...

Defensemen Thomas Harley and Esa Lindell are expected to play close to 30 minutes per night in the playoffs to account for Heiskanen’s absence. He averaged 28:11 of ice time in Dallas’ last ...

Heiskanen’s importance to this team is self-evident. Without him, Harley becomes the featured defenseman and, yes, he got that even-strength goal to give Dallas a brief 2-1 lead in the second ...

it's unclear whether Heiskanen will be back in time before the conclusion of the regular season. While he's unavailable, Brendan Smith should receive more opportunities, and Thomas Harley will ...