After a successful opening game in the first round of the playoffs, the Colorado Avalanche were hoping to make it a perfect trip to Dallas. It looked that would be the case as Colorado held a lead going into the third period but Dallas evened the score before nearly a full extra frame was needed for Colin Blackwell to score the game winner to give Dallas the 4-3 victory and even the series 1-1.
The Game
After some cruel teasing it, in fact, was not Gabe Landeskog returns night as the game began late on ESPNU without the Avalanche captain in the lineup.