Colorado Avalanche lose to Dallas Stars, eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoffs
The Colorado Avalanche lost to the Dallas Stars 4-2 in Game 7 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday.
Game 7 started out tight, with not much action in the first period. But Josh Manson's shorthanded goal gave the Avs a 1-0 lead in the second. Nathan MacKinnon beat Jake Oettinger 31 seconds into the third period, doubling their lead.
Dallas finally scored in the third when former Av Mikko Rantanen buried a shot off the pipe. He scored against his former team again, banking a wraparound shot and tying the game at 2-2.
The Stars pulled ahead with less than three minutes left in the game when Matt Duchene made a cross-crease pass to Wyatt Johnston, who buried the shot. The Avs couldn't recover, and with three seconds left, Rantanen pulled off a hat trick with his third goal of the game.
The Avs have now failed to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Dallas will move on to play whoever wins between the Winnipeg Jets and St. Louis Blues in their Sunday matchup.
