For 54 minutes, the Colorado Avalanche dominated one of the best teams in the NHL in an emotional, highly anticipated Sunday matinee at Ball Arena.
Then the Dallas Stars reminded the Avs why they will be such a formidable foe next month as these clubs barrel towards a likely first-round playoff matchup. And while the Stars now have one of Colorado’s old “Big Three,” the Avs still have Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon.
Makar scored 34 seconds into overtime on a play set up by MacKinnon, and the Avalanche held off Mikko Rantanen and the Stars, 4-3, in the most anticipated game of the season at Ball Arena.