Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars, 2026-03-06

NHL · Mar 6, 2026

Colorado Avalanche42-10-9

5–4

Final – SO

Dallas Stars38-14-10

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The Avalanche edged the Stars 5–4 in a shootout at American Airlines Center. M. Necas took first star with 1 goal and 3 assists.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Avalanche	2	1	1	1	5	29
Stars	3	1	0	0	4	21

★ Three Stars

1M. NecasCOL · 1G 3A

2N. MacKinnonCOL · 1G 2A

3M. HeiskanenDAL · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

03:33

Cale Makar (Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas)PP

1-0

07:11

Miro Heiskanen (Jason Robertson, Wyatt Johnston)PP

1-1

10:39

Wyatt Johnston (Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson)

1-2

16:07

Justin Hryckowian (Mavrik Bourque)

1-3

19:58

Nathan MacKinnon (Martin Necas, Cale Makar)PP

2-3

2nd Period

01:52

Jamie Benn (Justin Hryckowian, Mavrik Bourque)

2-4

08:06

Martin Necas (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)

3-4

3rd Period

19:45

Valeri Nichushkin (Martin Necas, Brock Nelson)

4-4

Shootout

00:00

Valeri Nichushkin

5-4

Boxscore

Avalanche5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Martin NecasC	1	3	4	+1	0	5	2	0	26:55
Nathan MacKinnonC	1	2	3	+1	0	2	0	1	27:21
Cale MakarD	1	1	2	-1	0	2	1	2	27:46
Valeri NichushkinR	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	19:15
Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1	22:54
Brock NelsonC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	24:50
Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	6:09
Parker KellyC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	12:46
Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8:46
Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17:12
Brett KulakD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	16:07
Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:12
Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	15:36
Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	-2	0	5	1	1	23:43
Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	13:46
Jack DruryC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	11:38
Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:54
Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	7:07

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mackenzie BlackwoodStart	11	7	4	.636	21:47
Scott Wedgewood	10	10	0	1.000	41:01

Stars4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Justin HryckowianC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	3	1	20:22
Wyatt JohnstonC	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	24:14
Miro HeiskanenD	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	1	31:46
Jason RobertsonL	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	22:12
Mavrik BourqueC	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	1	17:10
Jamie BennL	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	0	15:27
Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:37
Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1	10:53
Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	17:41
Roope HintzC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1	11:26
Sam SteelC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	1	17:47
Lian BichselD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	12:37
Thomas HarleyD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	23:36
Esa LindellD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	25:48
Nils LundkvistD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	15:46
Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	10:20
Adam ErneL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:09
Nathan BastianR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	8:16

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jake OettingerStart	29	25	4	.862	64:36
Casey DeSmith	0	0	0	-	0:00