The Colorado Avalanche came into Dallas looking like a brand new team after the trade deadline. Even though the fresh addition, Nazem Kadri, was not in the lineup on Friday, Colorado looked more energized against the Dallas Stars. The power play for the Avalanche stayed awake, scoring twice and making it the third game in a row that they have converted. Colorado also now has five power play goals in their last six games on the road to a 5–4 shootout victory.

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The first period after the trade deadline was a hectic one. We saw five goals scored in the first alone. There was a rare sighting of TWO power-play goals in the same period by the Avalanche.

Cale Makar scored the game’s initial goal during the power play, occurring three and a half minutes into play.

Four minutes later, Jack Drury gave the Stars their own chance on the power play, and they responded with a goal of their own.

Dallas turned things their way as they kept the puck in the Avalanche zone for an extended period. Chasing the puck to the corner, Wyatt Johnston sprinted toward the slot, generating an open shot near the net to take the lead.

The third goal came from a bunch of mistakes on Colorado’s end. Mackenzie Blackwood mishandled the puck and had to scramble. He lost his stick but left the left side of the goal wide open.

A Stars penalty with 14 seconds left in the period led to Nathan MacKinnon ripping the second power play goal of the period with only two seconds to go. This would be Martin Necas’ 400th career point with the assist.

It took less than two minutes into the second for Jamie Benn to steal the puck away from Josh Manson and throw it into the net. This forced Scott Wedgewood into the game for the Avs.

At the eight-minute mark, the Avs forced the puck into the zone. After some sweet passing, Necas threw a nasty wrist shot past Jake Oettinger to get down by one. Gabriel Landeskog would tally an assist to give himself his 600th career point.

The two sides exchanged penalties in the third, making for a tense period. With three minutes left, Valeri Nichushkin hit both posts, missing a chance to tie the game. But with 13.2 seconds to go, Nichushkin nailed a shot to tie the game.

The Avs dominated the overtime period, while Nichushkin and Necas both came through in the shootout. Wedgewood played a fantastic game in net, even if he had to come in cold.

The Avs dominated the overtime period, while Nichushkin and Necas both came through in the shootout. Wedgewood played a fantastic game in net, even if he had to come in cold.

Up Next

The Avalanche will head home for a matinee game against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday at 12 p.m. MT. HBO MAX, truTV, and TNT will broadcast the game.