Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars

Regular season · Friday, March 6, 2026 · American Airlines Center

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5–4

Final/SO

SOG 29–21

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 in a shootout on Friday, March 6, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The Avalanche outshot the Stars 29-21.

Goals came from Cale Makar, Miro Heiskanen, Wyatt Johnston, Justin Hryckowian, Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie Benn, Martin Necas and Valeri Nichushkin.

Scott Wedgewood made 10 saves on 10 shots for the win; Jake Oettinger stopped 25 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
COL	2	1	1	0	1	5	29
DAL	3	1	0	0	0	4	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Cale Makar (19)Nathan MacKinnon (60), Martin Necas (46)Lindell 1:05 into shift1–003:33 COL · PPG
Miro Heiskanen (8)Jason Robertson (39), Wyatt Johnston (33)1–107:11 DAL · PPG
Wyatt Johnston (34)Miro Heiskanen (44), Jason Robertson (40)Makar 1:34 into shift1–210:39 DAL
Justin Hryckowian (9)Mavrik Bourque (14)1–316:07 DAL
Nathan MacKinnon (42)Martin Necas (47), Cale Makar (47)2–319:58 COL · PPG

2nd period

Jamie Benn (11)Justin Hryckowian (12), Mavrik Bourque (15)2–401:52 DAL
Martin Necas (28)Nathan MacKinnon (61), Gabriel Landeskog (20)Lindell 1:01 into shift3–408:06 COL

3rd period

Valeri Nichushkin (13)Martin Necas (48), Brock Nelson (23)Lindell 2:28 into shift4–419:45 COL

SO period

Valeri NichushkinUnassisted5–400:00 COL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:28

4–4 · 3rd 19:45 · Nichushkin. DAL stayed on through an icing. Lindell was 2:28 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceDAL on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 COL

1st 3:33 · PP · Makar

Long shift: Lindell 1:05

Long shiftLindell 1:05

1–1 DAL

1st 7:11 · PP · Heiskanen

Makar 0:40

NormalMakar 0:40

1–2 DAL

1st 10:39 · Johnston

Stuck out there: Makar 1:34

Stuck out thereMakar 1:34

1–3 DAL

1st 16:07 · Hryckowian

Landeskog 0:29

Fresh legsLandeskog 0:29

2–3 COL

1st 19:58 · PP · MacKinnon

Blackwell 0:12

Fresh legsBlackwell 0:12

2–4 DAL

2nd 1:52 · Benn

Nelson 0:56

NormalNelson 0:56

3–4 COL

2nd 8:06 · Necas

Long shift: Lindell 1:01

Long shiftLindell 1:01

4–4 COL

3rd 19:45 · Nichushkin

Stuck out there: Lindell 2:28

Stuck out thereLindell 2:28

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

COLDAL

29Shots on goal21

53%Faceoff %47%

2/5Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes10

24Hits19

11Blocked shots17

16Giveaways14

2Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 02:28Oskar Bäck · holding the stick2 min
1st 05:56Jack Drury · holding2 min
1st 16:48Justin Hryckowian · high sticking2 min
1st 19:46Mavrik Bourque · interference2 min
2nd 08:11Sam Steel · slashing2 min
2nd 19:43Josh Manson · cross checking2 min
3rd 05:20Brett Kulak · high sticking2 min
3rd 06:56Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 14:40Nathan Bastian · tripping2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

88Martin NecasC	1	3	4	+1	5	2	0	0	–	26:55
29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	2	3	+1	2	0	1	0	70	27:21
8Cale MakarD	1	1	2	-1	2	1	2	0	–	27:46
11Brock NelsonC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	43	24:50
13Valeri NichushkinR	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	19:15
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	69	22:54
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	29	08:46
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	12:46
18Jack DruryC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	46	11:38
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	100	13:46
54Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	07:07
93Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	06:09
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:54
7Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	-2	5	1	1	0	–	23:43
27Brett KulakD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	16:07
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	15:36
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:12
84Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:12

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG		11	7	4	.636	21:47
41Scott WedgewoodG	W	10	10	0	1.000	41:01

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters

21Jason RobertsonL	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	–	22:12
22Mavrik BourqueC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	2	100	17:10
49Justin HryckowianC	1	1	2	+1	2	3	1	2	27	20:22
53Wyatt JohnstonC	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	46	24:14
4Miro HeiskanenD	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	0	–	31:46
14Jamie BennL	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	0	100	15:27
10Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	–	10:53
11Nathan BastianR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	08:16
15Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	10:37
18Sam SteelC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	2	–	17:47
24Roope HintzC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	50	11:26
73Adam ErneL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:09
95Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	47	17:41
5Nils LundkvistD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	15:46
6Lian BichselD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:37
23Esa LindellD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	25:48
46Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	10:20
55Thomas HarleyD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	–	23:36

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Jake OettingerG	O	29	25	4	.862	64:36