COL
Colorado Avalanche
52-16-11 · OT1 · L10: 6-3-1
W
W
W
L
W
W
L
W
L
L
Final/SO
5—4
2026-03-06 · American Airlines Center
DAL
Dallas Stars
48-20-12 · W3 · L10: 5-4-1
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
DAL controlled xG 4.2 to 4.0 but COL won on execution · Decided in a shootout
xG Flow
CUMULATIVECOL xG
4.04
ACTUAL
5 — 4
DAL xG
4.19
Scoring Timeline
1.04
HIGH xG
8
Cale Makar(19)
D · COL · #8
Nathan MacKinnon (60), Martin Necas (46)COL 1 - 0 DAL
0.04
LOW xG
4
Miro Heiskanen(8)
D · DAL · #4
Jason Robertson (39), Wyatt Johnston (33)COL 1 - 1 DAL
0.08
MED xG
53
Wyatt Johnston(34)
C · DAL · #53
Miro Heiskanen (44), Jason Robertson (40)COL 1 - 2 DAL
0.11
HIGH xG
49
Justin Hryckowian(9)
C · DAL · #49
Mavrik Bourque (14)COL 1 - 3 DAL
0.07
MED xG
29
Nathan MacKinnon(42)
C · COL · #29
Martin Necas (47), Cale Makar (47)COL 2 - 3 DAL
0.20
HIGH xG
14
Jamie Benn(11)
L · DAL · #14
Justin Hryckowian (12), Mavrik Bourque (15)COL 2 - 4 DAL
0.06
MED xG
88
Martin Necas(28)
C · COL · #88
Nathan MacKinnon (61), Gabriel Landeskog (20)COL 3 - 4 DAL
0.07
MED xG
13
Valeri Nichushkin(13)
R · COL · #13
Martin Necas (48), Brock Nelson (23)COL 4 - 4 DAL
Three Stars
PUCKLAB PICKS★1
41
Scott Wedgewood
G · COL · #41
10/10 saves, .1000 SV%, +1.2 GSAx
★2
29
Jake Oettinger
G · DAL · #29
25/29 saves, .862 SV%, +0.2 GSAx
★3
88
Martin Necas
C · COL · #88
1G, 3A, 5 SOG, 2 HIT
Team Stats
COLDAL
29Shots21
4.04xGF4.19
52.1CF%47.9
53.4FO%46.6
2/5PP1/4
24Hits19
11Blocks17
16Giveaways14
2Takeaways8
8PIM10
Period Breakdown
| Period | COL SOG | DAL SOG | COL xG | DAL xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | 7 | 2.29 | 1.03 |
| 2nd | 8 | 5 | 0.66 | 0.67 |
| 3rd | 6 | 3 | 0.77 | 2.05 |
| OT | 2 | 2 | 0.32 | 0.45 |
| Total | 25 | 17 | 4.04 | 4.20 |
Penalties
9 TOTAL1P 02:28
Oskar Bäckholding-the-stick (2 min)
Drawn by Zakhar Bardakov1P 05:56
Jack Druryholding (2 min)
Drawn by Nathan Bastian1P 16:48
Justin Hryckowianhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Cale Makar1P 19:46
Mavrik Bourqueinterference (2 min)
Drawn by Nicolas Roy2P 08:11
Sam Steelslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Brent Burns2P 19:43
Josh Mansoncross-checking (2 min)
Drawn by Nils Lundkvist3P 05:20
Brett Kulakhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Justin Hryckowian3P 06:56
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
3P 14:40
Nathan Bastiantripping (2 min)
Drawn by Cale Makar