The story through the first period of play in Colorado was Ben Bishop, as he threw a wrench in the Avs offense by making every save the Stars needed him to make. Bishop held the fort down for a Stars team that was finding it quite hard to keep possession of the puck in the offensive zone. It was the defense that continually had to step up and make plays to compensate.
Penalty kill came on for the first time of the night in the first as Radek Faksa got called for interference after knocking down an Avs defender, but the penalty kill came in strong.