DENVER, CO — The Dallas Stars will have to fight a little harder if they want to knock the Colorado Avalanche out of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Avs scored a come-from-behind, and 7-4 victory Thursday night to force a pivotal Game 7 against the Stars in their Western Conference First Round series.
Just when it seemed like the Avalanche were on the cusp of being eliminated for the second straight year by the Stars they came alive in the third period, and with some help from an enemy, put away the opposing squad. Nathan MacKinnon was credited with the go-ahead goal with at 9:04 of the third period when Colin Blackwell — the overtime hero of Game 2 — knocked the puck in his own net.