DALLAS — If anyone turned off the television midway through Game 4 and avoided the events of last night, they’d likely assume the Colorado Avalanche’s season was over.
It certainly looked bleak, given the news prior to the game Monday night and the Avs’ performance as the Dallas Stars dominated in a way that neither side had. The season is not over, and the Avs might have found the spark they needed to still make the improbable possible in this second-round series.
Colorado’s championship core had time to reset, time for Devon Toews to shake an illness, and the Avalanche’s big guns showed out Wednesday night in Game 5 in Dallas.