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Stars Fall 7-4 Against Colorado - Game Recap

Colorado earned a 7-4 victory over Dallas behind a 2-goal performance from Valeri Nichushkin on Thursday at Ball Arena.

The Avalanche were a -191 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.

Colorado got goals from Valeri Nichushkin(2), Josh Manson, Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas, Cale Makar, and Artturi Lehkonen in the victory. Nichushkin opened the scoring at 6:29 of the first period.

MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 22 of 26 Dallas shots in the victory.

Dallas got goals from Roope Hintz(2), Mikael Granlund, and Mikko Rantanen in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Dallas got a 41-stop effort from Jake Oettinger in the loss.

On the power play, Colorado went 0-for-2, while the Stars were 1-for-1 with the man advantage.

Dallas lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 48-26.