COL
COL
Colorado Avalanche
42-10-9 · W4 · L10: 7-3-0
W
W
W
L
W
W
L
W
L
L
Final/SO
5—4
2026-03-06 · American Airlines Center
DAL
DAL
Dallas Stars
38-14-10 · OT1 · L10: 9-0-1
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
DAL controlled xG 4.1 to 3.8 but COL won on execution · Decided in a shootout

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RDOT
COL xG
3.83
ACTUAL
5 — 4
DAL xG
4.14

Scoring Timeline

0.10
HIGH xG
COL1P 03:33Power Play
Cale Makar
8
Cale Makar(19)
D · COL · #8
Nathan MacKinnon (60), Martin Necas (46)
COL 1 - 0 DAL
0.06
MED xG
DAL1P 07:11Power Play
Miro Heiskanen
4
Miro Heiskanen(8)
D · DAL · #4
Jason Robertson (39), Wyatt Johnston (33)
COL 1 - 1 DAL
0.12
HIGH xG
DAL1P 10:39Even Strength
Wyatt Johnston
53
Wyatt Johnston(34)
C · DAL · #53
Miro Heiskanen (44), Jason Robertson (40)
COL 1 - 2 DAL
0.22
HIGH xG
DAL1P 16:07Even Strength
Justin Hryckowian
49
Justin Hryckowian(9)
C · DAL · #49
Mavrik Bourque (14)
COL 1 - 3 DAL
0.19
HIGH xG
COL1P 19:58Power Play
Nathan MacKinnon
29
Nathan MacKinnon(42)
C · COL · #29
Martin Necas (47), Cale Makar (47)
COL 2 - 3 DAL
0.24
HIGH xG
DAL2P 01:52Even Strength
Jamie Benn
14
Jamie Benn(11)
L · DAL · #14
Justin Hryckowian (12), Mavrik Bourque (15)
COL 2 - 4 DAL
0.08
MED xG
COL2P 08:06Even Strength
Martin Necas
88
Martin Necas(28)
C · COL · #88
Nathan MacKinnon (61), Gabriel Landeskog (20)
COL 3 - 4 DAL
0.08
MED xG
COL3P 19:45Power Play
Valeri Nichushkin
13
Valeri Nichushkin(13)
R · COL · #13
Martin Necas (48), Brock Nelson (23)
COL 4 - 4 DAL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Scott Wedgewood
41
Scott Wedgewood
G · COL · #41
10/10 saves, .1000 SV%, +1.6 GSAx
★2
Jake Oettinger
29
Jake Oettinger
G · DAL · #29
25/29 saves, .862 SV%, +0.3 GSAx
★3
Martin Necas
88
Martin Necas
C · COL · #88
1G, 3A, 5 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

COLDAL
29Shots21
3.83xGF4.14
52.1CF%47.9
53.4FO%46.6
2/5PP1/4
24Hits19
11Blocks17
16Giveaways14
2Takeaways8
8PIM10

Period Breakdown

PeriodCOL SOGDAL SOGCOL xGDAL xG
1st971.591.17
2nd850.900.99
3rd630.901.63
OT220.440.36
Total25173.834.15

Penalties

9 TOTAL
1P 02:28
DAL
Oskar Bäckholding-the-stick (2 min)
Drawn by Zakhar Bardakov
1P 05:56
COL
Jack Druryholding (2 min)
Drawn by Nathan Bastian
1P 16:48
DAL
Justin Hryckowianhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Cale Makar
1P 19:46
DAL
Mavrik Bourqueinterference (2 min)
Drawn by Nicolas Roy
2P 08:11
DAL
Sam Steelslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Brent Burns
2P 19:43
COL
Josh Mansoncross-checking (2 min)
Drawn by Nils Lundkvist
3P 05:20
COL
Brett Kulakhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Justin Hryckowian
3P 06:56
COL
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
3P 14:40
DAL
Nathan Bastiantripping (2 min)
Drawn by Cale Makar