Roope Hintz scored in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday at Ball Arena, snapping Dallas’ two-game losing streak. Miro Heiskanen and Arttu Hyry scored in regulation for the Stars, who improved to 3-3-1.
Gabriel Landeskog and Brock Nelson scored for Colorado, which got two assists from Nazem Kadri and fell to 4-2-1. The result came a night after the Avalanche beat the Stars 3-2 in Tuesday’s matchup at Dallas, meaning the two teams split their back-to-back set. Casey DeSmith stopped 25 of 27 shots for the Stars and turned away three of four shootout attempts, while Scott Wedgewood made 20 saves for Colorado.
How It Unfolded
Dallas had two goals waved off in the first period before either team found the net. Jaden Schwartz’s goal was disallowed after Dallas won an offside challenge, and Landeskog had a goal taken off the board when officials ruled he made a kicking motion, The Stars also disallowed a second-period Landeskog goal for a kicking motion.
Landeskog finally got on the board for real at 4:55 of the second period, tipping in a Kadri shot with help from Sam Malinski. Heiskanen answered just before the midpoint of the period, beating Wedgewood with a wrist shot off assists from Mikko Rantanen and Thomas Harley to make it 1-1 heading to the third.
Hyry put Dallas ahead 1:20 into the third on a short-handed goal, picking off a Cale Makar pass and outracing him to the net, according to NHL.com. Nelson tied it back up at 8:21 after the puck deflected off Dallas defenseman Harley, setting up extra time. Hyry nearly ended it in overtime but rang a bouncing puck off the post.
Top Performers
Hintz beat Wedgewood with a wrist shot in the fourth round of the shootout to clinch it, with Jason Robertson also converting for Dallas in the skills competition. DeSmith stopped Nelson in the final round to seal the win after Kadri had scored for Colorado in the shootout.
Heiskanen led Dallas with a goal and finished with two shots and 30:03 of ice time. Kadri paced Colorado with two assists and a shootout goal, logging 24:16 of ice time. Makar returned to Colorado’s lineup after missing Tuesday’s game for the birth of his twin sons on Wednesday morning, finishing plus-1 with two shots in 22:54.
By The Numbers
Colorado held a 27-22 edge in shots on goal. Dallas scored a short-handed goal, went 0-for-2 on the power play and killed all four of Colorado’s power plays. The Stars won 54.4% of faceoffs, out-hit Colorado 27-18 and dominated the takeaway battle 7-2. Dallas also blocked 19 shots to Colorado’s 17.
What’s Next
Stars forward Oskar Back left in the first period with an upper-body injury and did not return. Avalanche forward Nicolas Roy was unavailable with an upper-body injury. Dallas (3-3-1) hosts Chicago on Saturday. Colorado (4-2-1) hosts Pittsburgh on Friday.
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