Welcome to Round Two, Dallas Stars fans!
The Colorado Avalanche were heavy favorites going into this game tonight, but apparently no one told the Dallas Stars. Every model from the fancy stats community has the Avalanche winning the series. Of course, that may still happen, but if it does, it absolutely won’t be a sweep.
Maybe the playoffs should always be played in a bubble?
First Period
This first period was really all about the top line, who finally decided to show up to this year’s playoffs. Early in the first period, Jamie Benn gave Tyler Seguin his first goal of the playoffs.