Fresh off their (American) Thanksgiving break, the Dallas Stars were home in the American Airlines Center to take on division rival Colorado Avalanche tonight. After a shaky start to the season, the Stars have won four of their last five games.
The Avalanche have been having a better season than the Stars in the early going, with 21 points at the start of tonight’s game, sitting in the second wild card spot in the Western Conference. They began the evening on a five-game win streak.
First Period
The Stars came out of the gate hot, driving most of the play in the first period.