National Hockey League

FINAL
Dallas Stars 5
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Colorado Avalanche 3
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Match Report

Stars' top line dominant in 5-3 win over Avs in Game 1

Alexander Radulov had two goals and an assist as the top Dallas line finally came to life, and the Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Saturday night to open the second-round Western Conference playoff series.

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Team Stats

DAL COL
21
Blocked Shots
12
48
Hits
41
12
Takeaways
11
30
Shots
31
0
Power Play Goals
0
2
Power Play Opportunities
1
0.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
38
Faceoffs Won
32
54.3
Faceoff Win Percent
45.7
16
Giveaways
17
2
Total Penalties
3
4
Penalty Minutes
6

Top Performers

DAL

  • Anton Khudobin G GA 3 · SA 31 · SOS 0
  • Blake Comeau LW BS 0 · HT 5 · TK 0
  • Mattias Janmark C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Joe Pavelski C BS 2 · HT 3 · TK 0

COL

  • Pavel Francouz G GA 2 · SA 20 · SOS 0
  • Philipp Grubauer G GA 3 · SA 10 · SOS 0
  • Gabriel Landeskog LW BS 2 · HT 7 · TK 1
  • Nathan MacKinnon C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 1

Head to Head

DAL wins series 4-0

Injuries

Colorado Avalanche

  • Josh Manson Out
  • Logan O'Connor Day-To-Day
  • Zachary L'Heureux Injured Reserve

Dallas Stars

  • Kyle Capobianco Out
  • Esa Lindell Injured Reserve
  • Radek Faksa Out
  • Oskar Back Injured Reserve
  • Matt Duchene Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Missed 11:24 5-3
    Jason Dickinson 3rd
  2. Missed 10:56 5-3
    Alexander Radulov 3rd
  3. Missed 10:50 5-3
    Esa Lindell 3rd
  4. Goal 8:47 5-3
    Roope Hintz 3rd
  5. Missed 7:14 4-3
    Mattias Janmark 3rd
  6. Missed 6:21 4-3
    Nikita Zadorov 3rd
  7. Missed 3:18 4-3
    Cale Makar 3rd
  8. Missed 2:18 4-3
    Alexander Radulov 3rd
  9. Goal 18:29 4-3
    Nathan MacKinnon 2nd
  10. Penalty 17:25
    Denis Gurianov 2nd
  11. Penalty 17:25
    Ryan Graves 2nd
  12. Missed 17:05 4-2
    Ryan Graves 2nd
  13. Missed 16:06 4-2
    Taylor Fedun 2nd
  14. Goal 9:09 4-2
    Alexander Radulov 2nd
  15. Goal 4:36 3-2
    Gabriel Landeskog 2nd
  16. Missed 4:29 3-1
    Cale Makar 2nd
  17. Missed 3:04 3-1
    Denis Gurianov 2nd
  18. Penalty 1:16
    Nazem Kadri 2nd
  19. Penalty 17:19
    Mattias Janmark 1st
  20. Goal 16:28 3-1
    Alexander Radulov 1st
  21. Missed 16:14 2-1
    Nazem Kadri 1st
  22. Goal 9:51 2-1
    Blake Comeau 1st
  23. Missed 9:44 1-1
    Miro Heiskanen 1st
  24. Penalty 7:19
    Ryan Graves 1st
  25. Goal 5:04 1-1
    Nathan MacKinnon 1st
  26. Goal 4:00 1-0
    Tyler Seguin 1st
  27. Missed 3:26 0-0
    John Klingberg 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 5-3
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 5-3
    3rd
  3. Takeaway 19:49 5-3
    Alexander Radulov 3rd
  4. Giveaway 19:42 5-3
    Andrej Sekera 3rd
  5. Face Off 19:35 5-3
    Joe Pavelski 3rd
  6. Stoppage 19:35 5-3
    3rd
  7. Hit 19:29 5-3
    Andrej Sekera 3rd
  8. Blocked 19:14 5-3
    Andre Burakovsky 3rd
  9. Face Off 19:05 5-3
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  10. Stoppage 19:05 5-3
    3rd
  11. Giveaway 19:03 5-3
    Mikko Rantanen 3rd
  12. Blocked 18:53 5-3
    Gabriel Landeskog 3rd
  13. Blocked 18:44 5-3
    Cale Makar 3rd
  14. Hit 18:41 5-3
    Miro Heiskanen 3rd
  15. Hit 18:32 5-3
    Gabriel Landeskog 3rd
  16. Face Off 18:17 5-3
    J.T. Compher 3rd
  17. Stoppage 18:17 5-3
    3rd
  18. Face Off 18:02 5-3
    Gabriel Landeskog 3rd
  19. Stoppage 18:02 5-3
    3rd
  20. Blocked 17:49 5-3
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  21. Shot 17:40 5-3
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  22. Face Off 17:36 5-3
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  23. Stoppage 17:36 5-3
    3rd
  24. Stoppage 17:36 5-3
    3rd
  25. Blocked 17:30 5-3
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  26. Hit 17:29 5-3
    Esa Lindell 3rd
  27. Giveaway 17:04 5-3
    Gabriel Landeskog 3rd
  28. Face Off 16:53 5-3
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  29. Stoppage 16:53 5-3
    3rd
  30. Shot 16:52 5-3
    Mikko Rantanen 3rd
  31. Hit 16:44 5-3
    Jamie Oleksiak 3rd
  32. Face Off 16:36 5-3
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  33. Stoppage 16:36 5-3
    3rd
  34. Hit 16:34 5-3
    Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 3rd
  35. Hit 16:10 5-3
    John Klingberg 3rd
  36. Giveaway 15:49 5-3
    Jamie Benn 3rd
  37. Hit 15:36 5-3
    Tyler Seguin 3rd
  38. Face Off 15:21 5-3
    Jamie Benn 3rd
  39. Stoppage 15:21 5-3
    3rd
  40. Face Off 14:59 5-3
    Tyler Seguin 3rd

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