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The Colorado Avalanche lost 2-1 to the Dallas Stars last night in preseason, but it wasn’t without its good moments.

“The Avs had a much better start than last game and put on a lot of pressure but 2018 first-round pick Jake Oettinger was great during his two periods in net for the Stars.” [Mile High Hockey]

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare got his first goal in an Avalanche uniform:

It’s evident that Samuel Girard’s and Cale Makar’s living situation has only helped their chemistry (and also why Girard named his dog ‘tornade’):

Most notable takeaways from Jared Bednar’s postgame:

-Says he liked all four lines
-Thought top line was still feeling things out and there were times they got too cute for his liking.