Despite their peskiness, the Colorado Avalanche managed to pull through. A 3-1 final would just be enough with involvement in all three goals from Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar. With the win, the Avs sit on 90 points, still in third in the Central Division, one point behind the Minnesota Wild and two behind the Dallas Stars. Colorado was on the front foot early with MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen having an early 2-on-1 broken up.
Saturday on home ice, the Dallas Stars will look to do something they have not done in a while against the Vancouver Canucks - win a hockey game. After defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Thursday night, Dallas will meet the improved Canucks -- 14-9-2 under new coach Rick Tocchet -- for thesecond time in 12 days. If the Stars and coach Pete DeBoer receive the kind of sterling play they got from goaltender Jake Oettinger on Thursday, they stand a good chance of halting their five-game skid (0-4-1) against Vancouver.
The NHL's Central Division is crammed with elite goaltenders, and the Dallas Stars arguably have the elitest. Wes and Mark took a good look at Jake Oettinger and the team surrounding him, and they found plenty to talk about.
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
14 | LW | |
63 | RW | |
10 | C | |
18 | C | |
12 | C | |
11 | C | |
2 | D | |
44 | D | |
4 | D | |
24 | C | |
53 | C | |
51 | C | |
25 | LW | |
23 | D | |
5 | D | |
27 | LW | |
6 | D | |
32 | G | |
29 | G | |
42 | LW | |
16 | C | |
21 | LW | |
91 | C | |
20 | D | |
41 | G |