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Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars

American Airlines Center, Dallas Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5–4 in a shootout on Friday, March 6, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Colorado Avalanche 5 55-16-11
at Dallas Stars 4 50-20-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 2 1 1 0 1 5
Dallas Stars 3 1 0 0 0 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 11 9 7 2 0 29
Dallas Stars 10 6 3 2 0 21

Three stars

  1. M. Necas, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 3 assists)
  2. N. MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. M. Heiskanen, Dallas Stars (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:33 Colorado Avalanche Cale Makar (19) Nathan MacKinnon (60), Martin Necas (46) Power play COL 1, DAL 0
1st 07:11 Dallas Stars Miro Heiskanen (8) Jason Robertson (39), Wyatt Johnston (33) Power play COL 1, DAL 1
1st 10:39 Dallas Stars Wyatt Johnston (34) Miro Heiskanen (44), Jason Robertson (40) Even strength COL 1, DAL 2
1st 16:07 Dallas Stars Justin Hryckowian (9) Mavrik Bourque (14) Even strength COL 1, DAL 3
1st 19:58 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (42) Martin Necas (47), Cale Makar (47) Power play COL 2, DAL 3
2nd 01:52 Dallas Stars Jamie Benn (11) Justin Hryckowian (12), Mavrik Bourque (15) Even strength COL 2, DAL 4
2nd 08:06 Colorado Avalanche Martin Necas (28) Nathan MacKinnon (61), Gabriel Landeskog (20) Even strength COL 3, DAL 4
3rd 19:45 Colorado Avalanche Valeri Nichushkin (13) Martin Necas (48), Brock Nelson (23) Even strength COL 4, DAL 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Dallas Stars Jason Robertson Saved
1 Colorado Avalanche Valeri Nichushkin Goal (winner)
2 Dallas Stars Matt Duchene Saved
2 Colorado Avalanche Martin Necas Goal

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars
Shots on goal 29 21
Power play 2 of 5 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 10
Hits 24 19
Blocked shots 11 17
Giveaways 16 14
Takeaways 2 8
Faceoffs won 31/58 (53.4%) 27/58 (46.6%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 28.6% 08:46
11 B. Nelson C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 42.9% 24:50
13 V. Nichushkin R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 19:15
17 P. Kelly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 12:46
18 J. Drury C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 46.2% 11:38
20 R. Colton C 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 100% 13:46
29 N. MacKinnon C 1 2 3 +1 0 2 0 1 1 70% 27:21
54 G. Brindley C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 07:07
88 M. Necas C 1 3 4 +1 0 5 2 0 0 26:55
92 G. Landeskog L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 1 0 69.2% 22:54
93 Z. Bardakov C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 06:09
94 J. Kiviranta L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:54
7 D. Toews D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 1 0 23:43
8 C. Makar D 1 1 2 -1 0 2 1 2 1 27:46
27 B. Kulak D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 16:07
42 J. Manson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 15:36
70 S. Malinski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:12
84 B. Burns D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:12
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
39 M. Blackwood 11 7 4 .636 21:47
41 S. Wedgewood 10 10 0 1.000 41:01 Win

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters
Player
10 O. Bäck C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 1 0 10:53
11 N. Bastian R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 08:16
14 J. Benn L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 0 0 100% 15:27
15 C. Blackwell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 10:37
18 S. Steel C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 2 1 0 17:47
21 J. Robertson L 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 22:12
22 M. Bourque C 0 2 2 +1 2 1 0 1 0 100% 17:10
24 R. Hintz C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 1 0 50% 11:26
49 J. Hryckowian C 1 1 2 +1 2 2 3 1 0 27.3% 20:22
53 W. Johnston C 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 46.2% 24:14
73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:09
95 M. Duchene C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 47.1% 17:41
4 M. Heiskanen D 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 1 1 31:46
5 N. Lundkvist D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:46
6 L. Bichsel D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 12:37
23 E. Lindell D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 25:48
46 I. Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 2 0 10:20
55 T. Harley D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 3 0 23:36
Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie
29 J. Oettinger 29 25 4 .862 64:36 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:28 Dallas Stars Oskar Bäck Holding the stick 2
1st 05:56 Colorado Avalanche Jack Drury Holding 2
1st 16:48 Dallas Stars Justin Hryckowian High sticking 2
1st 19:46 Dallas Stars Mavrik Bourque Interference 2
2nd 08:11 Dallas Stars Sam Steel Slashing 2
2nd 19:43 Colorado Avalanche Josh Manson Cross checking 2
3rd 05:20 Colorado Avalanche Brett Kulak High sticking 2
3rd 06:56 Colorado Avalanche Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 14:40 Dallas Stars Nathan Bastian Tripping 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Dallas Stars head coach
Glen Gulutzan
Referees
Jean Hebert, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, James Tobias
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Nazem Kadri, Artturi Lehkonen, Nick Blankenburg
Dallas Stars scratches
Tyler Myers, Alexander Petrovic, Michael Bunting, Kyle Capobianco

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Dallas Stars 5 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final/SO Game page
Colorado Avalanche 5 at Dallas Stars 4 Final/SO Game page
Dallas Stars 2 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final/SO Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Dallas Stars 0 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 6

Matchup Status Details
Florida Panthers 3 at Detroit Red Wings 1 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 6 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 6 at Edmonton Oilers 3 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Anaheim Ducks 6 Final/SO Game page
Minnesota Wild 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 3 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final/OT Game page

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