Colorado Avalanche left wing Artturi Lehkonen, left, shoots against Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger, right, in the first period of Game 4 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series ...

The Stars knew they’d get Colorado‘s best game to start, and Dallas was not quite equipped to handle it. The Avalanche took a 2-0 lead in the first period and outshot Dallas 19-10.

Stars defenseman Esa Lindell made a key play in overtime when he deflected a shot by Artturi Lehkonen down low. Jamie Benn tied it midway through the third period for Dallas. Jake Oettinger ...

Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas also added goals, while Josh Manson and Cale Makar scored into an empty net. Makar, MacKinnon, Brock Nelson and captain Gabriel Landeskog each added two assists.

The Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 in the opener of their first-round Western ... That came after MacKinnon's assist midway through the second period on a goal by Artturi Lehkonen, ...

Stars defenseman Esa Lindell made a key play in overtime when he deflected a shot by Artturi Lehkonen down low. Jamie Benn tied it midway through the third period for Dallas. Jake Oettinger ...

Colorado Avalanche left wing Artturi Lehkonen (62) celebrates with teammates after scoring against the Dallas Stars in the second period during a first-round NHL hockey playoff game in Dallas ...

Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn (14) ... After Artturi Lehkonen and Nathan MacKinnon scored 2 1/2 minutes apart for the Avs in the second period to get them to 3-2, ...

The Dallas Stars will play the Colorado Avalanche in the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Dallas (50-24-6) is second in the Central Division with 106 points, four ahead of Colorado ...

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For Dallas, it was an all-too-familiar early stumble — an eighth straight Game 1 loss — for a team with championship aspirations of its own. Here are some takeaways. Fluky goal breaks the ice ...

The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche felt like they were on a collision course for most of the season. And while it was up in the air for the briefest of moments in early April, it came through.