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Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars

Regular season · Saturday, April 4, 2026 · American Airlines Center

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2–0

Final

SOG 22–17

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ABC · SN

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The Avalanche outshot the Stars 22-17.

Goals came from Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon.

Scott Wedgewood made 17 saves on 17 shots for the win; Casey DeSmith stopped 20 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Colorado AvalancheCOL002222
Dallas StarsDAL000017

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMartin NecasCOL · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starScott WedgewoodCOL · 1.000 SV%
  3. ★3rd starCasey DeSmithDAL · .952 SV%

Scoring

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:49

1–0 · 3rd 10:39 · Necas. DAL stayed on through an icing. Bichsel was 1:49 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceDAL on ice

1–0 COL

3rd 10:39 · Necas

Stuck out there: Bichsel 1:49

2–0 COL

3rd 19:02 · EN · MacKinnon

Duchene 2:32

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
22Shots on goal17
55%Faceoff %45%
0/1Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes4
22Hits17
11Blocked shots12
16Giveaways11
8Takeaways1

Penalties

  • 1st 10:17Jamie Benn · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 01:57Brett Kulak · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 03:55Jack Drury · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 03:55Mavrik Bourque · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 06:12Brock Nelson · hooking2 min

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