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Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars

NHLApril 4, 2026American Airlines Center

AvalancheColoradoCOLWon50-15-10

Avalanche 2, Stars 0

Final
StarsDallasDAL45-20-12
Score by period
Team123T
COL0022
DAL0000

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  3. 0:19Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  4. 0:23Brent Burns hit Wyatt Johnston
  5. 0:32Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  6. 0:50Gabriel Landeskog Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  7. 0:59Nils Lundkvist Wrist Shot Wide Right
  8. 1:05Mavrik Bourque Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  9. 2:08Nazem Kadri Tip-In Wide Right
  10. 2:14Ilya Lyubushkin hit Nazem Kadri
  11. 2:16Brent Burns Snap Shot Wide Left
  12. 2:34Ross Colton hit Thomas Harley
  13. 2:48Logan O'Connor Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  14. 3:06Giveaway by Martin Necas
  15. 3:10Mavrik Bourque Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  16. 3:26Jason Robertson Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
  17. 3:35Off-side
  18. 3:35Brock Nelson faceoff won against Colin Blackwell
  19. 4:02Brock Nelson shot blocked by Justin Hryckowian
  20. 4:10Colin Blackwell hit Sam Malinski
  21. 4:25Parker Kelly hit Thomas Harley
  22. 4:38Jamie Benn hit Parker Kelly
  23. 4:41Thomas Harley hit Nazem Kadri
  24. 6:04Puck in Crowd
  25. 6:04Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  26. 6:09Icing
  27. 6:09Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
  28. 6:16Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Mikko Rantanen
  29. 6:44Off-side
  30. 6:44Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against Justin Hryckowian
  31. 7:09Oskar Bäck Tip-In saved by Scott Wedgewood
  32. 8:09Colin Blackwell hit Nazem Kadri
  33. 8:15Joel Kiviranta hit Thomas Harley
  34. 8:38Miro Heiskanen shot blocked by Jack Drury
  35. 8:44Ross Colton Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  36. 8:54Sam Malinski hit Adam Erne
  37. 9:10Sam Malinski hit Alexander Petrovic
  38. 9:25Sam Malinski Wrist Shot Wide Left
  39. 9:35Devon Toews Snap Shot Wide Left
  40. 10:04Esa Lindell shot blocked by Brent Burns
  41. 10:14Giveaway by Esa Lindell
  42. 10:17Jamie Benn Tripping against Valeri Nichushkin
  43. 10:17TV Timeout
  44. 10:17Arttu Hyry faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  45. 10:47Arttu Hyry Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  46. 11:18Brock Nelson Tip-In Wide Left
  47. 12:26Brent Burns shot blocked by Justin Hryckowian
  48. 12:30Lian Bichsel hit Valeri Nichushkin
  49. 12:41Artturi Lehkonen hit Mavrik Bourque
  50. 12:52Mavrik Bourque hit Jack Drury
  51. 13:27Giveaway by Wyatt Johnston
  52. 14:03Brock Nelson Tip-In saved by Casey DeSmith
  53. 14:25Colin Blackwell shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  54. 14:37Arttu Hyry Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  55. 15:18Takeaway by Martin Necas
  56. 15:27Parker Kelly hit Miro Heiskanen
  57. 15:40Puck in Crowd
  58. 15:40Matt Duchene faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  59. 15:49Colin Blackwell hit Nazem Kadri
  60. 15:52Giveaway by Brett Kulak
  61. 16:03Giveaway by Joel Kiviranta
  62. 16:27Puck in Crowd
  63. 16:27Mavrik Bourque faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  64. 17:12Brock Nelson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  65. 17:13Brock Nelson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  66. 17:14Artturi Lehkonen Backhand Wide Left
  67. 17:59Giveaway by Miro Heiskanen
  68. 18:07Miro Heiskanen Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  69. 18:09Jason Robertson Backhand Wide Left
  70. 18:23Giveaway by Jason Robertson
  71. 18:36Logan O'Connor Snap Shot Wide Right
  72. 18:57Adam Erne Tip-In Wide Left
  73. 19:03Nick Blankenburg hit Arttu Hyry
  74. 19:18Matt Duchene hit Sam Malinski
  75. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  3. 0:04Giveaway by Sam Malinski
  4. 0:17Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  5. 1:05Mavrik Bourque shot blocked by Artturi Lehkonen
  6. 1:44Giveaway by Scott Wedgewood
  7. 1:45Brett Kulak hit Colin Blackwell
  8. 1:57Brett Kulak Tripping against Colin Blackwell
  9. 1:57Matt Duchene faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  10. 2:07Giveaway by Miro Heiskanen
  11. 2:34Joel Kiviranta Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  12. 2:36Goalie Stopped
  13. 2:36Brock Nelson faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  14. 3:53Jason Robertson Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  15. 3:55Goalie Stopped
  16. 3:55Jack Drury Roughing against Mavrik Bourque
  17. 3:55Mavrik Bourque Roughing against Jack Drury
  18. 3:55Oskar Bäck faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  19. 4:01Puck in Crowd
  20. 4:01Brock Nelson faceoff won against Arttu Hyry
  21. 4:15Giveaway by Valeri Nichushkin
  22. 4:27Valeri Nichushkin hit Ilya Lyubushkin
  23. 5:01Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot Short
  24. 5:02Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Wyatt Johnston
  25. 5:06Mikko Rantanen hit Martin Necas
  26. 5:08Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen
  27. 5:11Esa Lindell Snap Shot Wide Left
  28. 5:43Jason Robertson Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
  29. 5:46Goalie Stopped
  30. 5:46Brock Nelson faceoff won against Colin Blackwell
  31. 5:55Puck in Benches
  32. 5:55Brock Nelson faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  33. 6:05Logan O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  34. 6:19Puck in Netting
  35. 6:19Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Justin Hryckowian
  36. 6:22Sam Malinski Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  37. 6:37Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  38. 6:39Goalie Stopped
  39. 6:39Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  40. 6:40Devon Toews shot blocked by Esa Lindell
  41. 7:09Sam Malinski Snap Shot Wide Right
  42. 7:13Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  43. 8:10Josh Manson hit Oskar Bäck
  44. 8:54Takeaway by Jack Drury
  45. 8:57Giveaway by Jack Drury
  46. 9:18Brent Burns Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  47. 9:39Josh Manson Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  48. 9:40Goalie Stopped
  49. 9:40Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Justin Hryckowian
  50. 9:48Sam Malinski Snap Shot Wide Left
  51. 10:00Giveaway by Justin Hryckowian
  52. 10:07Takeaway by Logan O'Connor
  53. 10:19High Stick
  54. 10:19Jack Drury faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  55. 10:33Jack Drury shot blocked by Ilya Lyubushkin
  56. 10:35Puck in Netting
  57. 10:35Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  58. 10:39Nazem Kadri shot blocked by Wyatt Johnston
  59. 12:31Net Dislodged Defensive Skater
  60. 12:31Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  61. 12:39Sam Malinski shot blocked by Miro Heiskanen
  62. 12:41Puck in Netting
  63. 12:41Matt Duchene faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  64. 12:49Takeaway by Devon Toews
  65. 12:58Off-side
  66. 12:58Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Justin Hryckowian
  67. 13:24Off-side
  68. 13:24Justin Hryckowian faceoff won against Ross Colton
  69. 13:45Hand Pass
  70. 13:45Mavrik Bourque faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  71. 14:09Icing
  72. 14:09Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  73. 14:14Miro Heiskanen Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  74. 14:37Takeaway by Artturi Lehkonen
  75. 14:46Giveaway by Mikko Rantanen
  76. 15:23Arttu Hyry hit Martin Necas
  77. 15:26Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  78. 15:28Goalie Stopped
  79. 15:28Brock Nelson faceoff won against Arttu Hyry
  80. 16:29Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  81. 16:57Off-side
  82. 16:57Matt Duchene faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  83. 17:12Thomas Harley Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  84. 17:13Goalie Stopped
  85. 17:13Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
  86. 17:32Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  87. 17:49Wyatt Johnston hit Josh Manson
  88. 17:50Puck in Benches
  89. 17:50Justin Hryckowian faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  90. 18:07Off-side
  91. 18:07Justin Hryckowian faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  92. 18:13Devon Toews hit Ilya Lyubushkin
  93. 18:17Giveaway by Sam Malinski
  94. 18:18Giveaway by Mavrik Bourque
  95. 19:32Giveaway by Gabriel Landeskog
  96. 19:52Colin Blackwell hit Valeri Nichushkin
  97. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:09Martin Necas Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  4. 0:14Artturi Lehkonen Tip-In Wide Left
  5. 0:28Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  6. 0:29Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot Wide Left
  7. 0:43Justin Hryckowian hit Sam Malinski
  8. 0:51Josh Manson hit Justin Hryckowian
  9. 1:06Nils Lundkvist Slap Shot Short
  10. 2:00Takeaway by Brent Burns
  11. 2:01Adam Erne hit Brent Burns
  12. 2:17Adam Erne shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  13. 2:29Parker Kelly hit Alexander Petrovic
  14. 3:58Oskar Bäck hit Nathan MacKinnon
  15. 4:15Gabriel Landeskog hit Matt Duchene
  16. 4:27Giveaway by Matt Duchene
  17. 4:37Sam Malinski hit Colin Blackwell
  18. 4:40Lian Bichsel shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  19. 4:55Icing
  20. 4:55Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Arttu Hyry
  21. 5:21Nazem Kadri Backhand saved by Casey DeSmith
  22. 5:30Mikko Rantanen Backhand Wide Right
  23. 5:33Goalie Stopped
  24. 5:33Jack Drury faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
  25. 5:36Giveaway by Devon Toews
  26. 5:42Mikko Rantanen Tip-In Wide Left
  27. 5:55Wyatt Johnston Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  28. 6:12Brock Nelson Hooking against Jason Robertson
  29. 6:12TV Timeout
  30. 6:12Jack Drury faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  31. 6:39Matt Duchene Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  32. 6:40Matt Duchene Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  33. 6:42Wyatt Johnston Backhand Wide Left
  34. 6:44Hand Pass
  35. 6:44Jack Drury faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  36. 7:56Puck in Netting
  37. 7:56Justin Hryckowian faceoff won against Jack Drury
  38. 8:28Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot Short
  39. 8:40Sam Malinski shot blocked by Mavrik Bourque
  40. 8:46Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  41. 9:02Giveaway by Nazem Kadri
  42. 9:18Colin Blackwell shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  43. 9:24Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  44. 9:27Goalie Stopped
  45. 9:27Arttu Hyry faceoff won against Jack Drury
  46. 9:46Giveaway by Brent Burns
  47. 9:54Nick Blankenburg shot blocked by Jack Drury
  48. 10:02Nick Blankenburg shot blocked by Adam Erne
  49. 10:10Icing
  50. 10:10Arttu Hyry faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  51. 10:20Takeaway by Lian Bichsel
  52. 10:27Sam Malinski shot blocked by Adam Erne
  53. 10:33Giveaway by Jason Robertson
  54. 10:39Martin Necas Goal (36) Tip-In, assists: Artturi Lehkonen (26), Devon Toews (20)
  55. 10:39Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  56. 10:46Off-side
  57. 10:46Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  58. 10:56Parker Kelly Snap Shot Wide Right
  59. 10:59Goalie Stopped
  60. 10:59Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  61. 11:07Nils Lundkvist Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  62. 11:21Takeaway by Sam Malinski
  63. 11:27Nazem Kadri Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  64. 11:30Joel Kiviranta hit Thomas Harley
  65. 11:50Josh Manson hit Justin Hryckowian
  66. 12:45Martin Necas hit Alexander Petrovic
  67. 12:56Puck in Netting
  68. 12:56Arttu Hyry faceoff won against Jack Drury
  69. 13:09Arttu Hyry Backhand Wide Left
  70. 13:09Arttu Hyry Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  71. 13:11Goalie Stopped
  72. 13:11Brock Nelson faceoff won against Justin Hryckowian
  73. 13:20Giveaway by Nils Lundkvist
  74. 13:32Gabriel Landeskog hit Wyatt Johnston
  75. 14:12Takeaway by Josh Manson
  76. 14:47Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Esa Lindell
  77. 15:04Artturi Lehkonen Tip-In Wide Right
  78. 15:35Arttu Hyry Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  79. 15:38Martin Necas hit Mavrik Bourque
  80. 15:50Arttu Hyry Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  81. 15:52Goalie Stopped
  82. 15:52Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  83. 15:58Gabriel Landeskog shot blocked by Miro Heiskanen
  84. 16:23Brett Kulak shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  85. 17:17Nils Lundkvist shot blocked by Parker Kelly
  86. 17:19Puck in Netting
  87. 17:19Jack Drury faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  88. 17:42Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Jack Drury
  89. 17:44Puck in Crowd
  90. 17:44Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  91. 18:16Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Wide Left
  92. 18:29Jason Robertson shot blocked by Devon Toews
  93. 18:46Giveaway by Martin Necas
  94. 18:53Jason Robertson Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  95. 18:54Wyatt Johnston shot blocked by Josh Manson
  96. 18:57Martin Necas Wrist Shot Wide Left
  97. 19:02Nathan MacKinnon Goal (51) Snap Shot, assists: Martin Necas (58), Josh Manson (26)
  98. 19:02Jack Drury faceoff won against Mavrik Bourque
  99. 19:42Off-side
  100. 19:42Justin Hryckowian faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  101. 19:55Mavrik Bourque hit Valeri Nichushkin
  102. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  103. 20:00Game End

3rd

  1. 10:39COL 1, DAL 0Martin Necas Goal (36) Tip-In, assists: Artturi Lehkonen (26), Devon Toews (20)
  2. 19:02COL 2, DAL 0Nathan MacKinnon Goal (51) Snap Shot, assists: Martin Necas (58), Josh Manson (26)

Game leaders

AvalancheColorado

StarsDallas

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Martin Necas C112020021:190.03002011223619:461:320:01
Nathan MacKinnon C102000020:4763.62472020235119:131:340:00
Artturi Lehkonen LW011011018:300.01001041212017:180:270:45
Brock Nelson C001002221:3846.73870110233319:411:100:47
Gabriel Landeskog LW000020014:17100.01011000191213:310:460:00
Jack Drury C000002210:1566.7036110119108:300:001:45
Joel Kiviranta LW000020010:410.010010001639:550:000:46
Logan O'Connor RW00000007:510.020000111407:050:000:46
Nazem Kadri C000000013:5254.52561010171612:191:330:00
Parker Kelly C000031013:320.00100010201911:460:001:46
Ross Colton C00001007:490.011000001497:490:000:00
Valeri Nichushkin RW000010016:430.00001000231514:500:281:25
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brent Burns D000011018:1620010210.0251115:210:502:05
Brett Kulak D000010220:4100011000.025119:530:000:48
Devon Toews D012011023:5300010110.027220:031:142:36
Josh Manson D011031021:0710000010.024519:110:001:56
Nick Blankenburg D000010011:5700000000.018611:570:000:00
Sam Malinski D001032022:5230020310.024721:520:260:34
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Scott Wedgewood G170171.00060:0000142100

Video

1:18Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars: Game HighlightsESPN video
0:44Avs' Martin Necas scores the first goal of the game in the 3rd period

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