After the Colorado Avalanche closed out their first-round series in five games on Wednesday, their schedule looked clear for almost the next week. But on Friday, the NHL cut that vacation short, moving up the start of their conference semifinal series against the Dallas Stars to Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET.
The NHL had a gap in its broadcast schedule on Saturday night, which didn't have a game on the docket because of how quickly some of the quarterfinal round's series wrapped up. Dallas vs. Colorado was the only second-round series locked in as of Friday morning in either conference.