It’s never too early to start hating road games in Pepsi Center, apparently. The Colorado Avalanche scored three times in the third period – once in an empty net – to hand the Dallas Stars their first preseason defeat, 4-2. [Stars Inside Edge]
But still there was joy to be had, and it took the form of Radek Faksa – fresh from the World Cup of Hockey and looking none the worse for the apparent concussion he suffered in Toronto. In the second period, Star Faksa scored twice in three and a half minutes to stamp his name on the game (and trend well into the wee small hours on Twitter).