The Colorado Avalanche hosted the Dallas Stars for the second time this season for a not-so-friendly match-up. You’ll see: the Stars are on a losing streak (three games), and the Avs were also on a losing streak (three games as well), so both teams needed to win.
Not to mention: the Avs are currently on the third spot in the Central Division, and the Stars, well, they’re not even on the wildcard anymore. What I’m trying to say is: this game was important for both, and they fought for those points.
First period was by far the longest one, between penalties, hits to the post, and Dallas Stars’ goalie Anton Khudobin leaving the net so many times and the Avalanche not taking advantage of that.