The Colorado Avalanche hit the night for a second consecutive night as they welcomed in the visiting Dallas Stars for the team’s second preseason game. After defeating the Minnesota Wild 4-1 last night, a mostly fresh lineup would take the ice against the Stars and the game would have the look of fresh legs as there was plenty of up-and-down action early.
The Avalanche would get the period’s lone goal when newcomer Joe Whitney would receive a beautiful cross-ice pass from Tyson Barrie and fire it past Stars goaltender Antti Niemi at the 8:58 mark, giving Colorado the 1-0 lead they would take into the second period.