Dallas Stars (52-21-9, first within the Central Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (50-25-7, third within the Central Division)
Denver; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Avalanche -129, Stars +109; over/beneath is 6.5
NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Collection tied 1-1
BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche and the Dallas Stars are in a 1-1 collection tie within the second spherical of the NHL Playoffs. The groups meet Thursday for the seventh time this season. The Stars received the final assembly 5-3. Miro Heiskanen scored two objectives within the win.
Colorado has a 50-25-7 document general and a 21-10-2 document in Central Division video games. The Avalanche have a 31-7-0 document in video games they rating a number of power-play objectives.
Dallas is 52-21-9 general with an 18-7-3 document towards the Central Division. The Stars have gone 50-9-6 when scoring at the very least three objectives.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nathan MacKinnon has 51 objectives and 89 assists for the Avalanche. Valeri Nichushkin has 11 objectives and two assists over the previous 10 video games.
Joe Pavelski has 27 objectives and 40 assists for the Stars. Wyatt Johnston has 5 objectives and three assists over the past 10 video games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Avalanche: 6-3-1, averaging 4.3 objectives, 7.2 assists, 4 penalties and eight.3 penalty minutes whereas giving up 3.4 objectives per recreation.
Stars: 6-3-1, averaging 2.5 objectives, 4.1 assists, 2.3 penalties and 4.6 penalty minutes whereas giving up 2.2 objectives per recreation.
INJURIES: Avalanche: Devon Toews: daily (undisclosed), Jonathan Drouin: out (lower-body), Gabriel Landeskog: out for season (knee), Logan O’Connor: out for season (hip), Joel Kiviranta: daily (decrease physique).
Stars: Jani Hakanpaa: daily (decrease physique).
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The Related Press created this story utilizing expertise supplied by Information Skrive and information from Sportradar.