DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz is out for Game 5 of their Western Conference playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night because of an upper-body injury.

Stars coach Pete DeBoer said after the morning skate that Radek Faksa will be back in the lineup.

Faksa hasn’t played since Game 1 against the Avs on May 7, two nights after scoring the game-winning goal in Game 7 to clinch their first-round series over Vegas. He had missed four games before that because of an undisclosed injury.

A victory on Wednesday night would send the Stars to the Western Conference Final for the second year in a row.

Hintz has two goals and four assists in 11 games this postseason. He had a goal and three assists in Game 2 against the Avalanche.

In the Stars’ 5-1 win at Colorado in Game 4 on Monday night, Hintz played only 6 1/2 minutes. He left after blocking a shot in the first period, after earlier going down hard when cross-checked by Nathan MacKinnon.