It was a close game throughout, until Colorado scored three goals in just over four minutes to hand the Dallas Stars a brutal ...

Dallas’ Oettinger was the more experienced goalie, but Colorado’s Blackwood outshined his counterpart in Game 1.

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice in a three-point performance and goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood won his Stanley Cup playoffs ...

DALLAS – An uncontrollable Avalanche roared into Texas and put a sense of dread in Dallas with a big, fat D. On this Saturday night there was nobody, including their old teammate Mikko “Moose” ...

The Avalanche are rested and healthy, but the same can't be said of the Stars, who enter the playoffs on a 7-game losing ...

MacKinnon scored on a shot that deflected off Stars defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin, and knuckled past goalie Jake Oettinger late ...

Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado’s strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as ...

Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado's strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 in the playoff opener.

Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado’s strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as ...

Instead, the Stars lost the sort of game they were winning for a lot of the second half, in which an opportunistic team capitalized on its chances and rode a stellar goaltending performance the rest ...

MacKinnon scored twice, and Blackwood had a terrific night between the pipes as the Avalanche beat the Stars 5-1 to take Game ...