🏔️ Away Avalanche 23-13-2 before this game
2–0
Final
⭐ Home Stars 18-11-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
COL 1102
DAL 0000

Avalanche at Stars

Avalanche beat Stars 2–0 at American Airlines Center on December 26, 2001.

🗓 Wed, Dec 26, 2001 · 19:00 CST 📍 American Airlines Center, Dallas 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Alex Tanguay
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 17:36 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G
1 shots · 17:30 TOI · +2
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Todd Gill
1 A
1 shots · 13:32 TOI · +1
4rd star 🏔️ COL
Patrick Roy
31 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Alex Tanguay Go-ahead 1st · 04:11
Assists: Todd Gill, Joe Sakic · beat Ed Belfour
1–0
2nd period
🏔️ Milan Hejduk 2nd · 12:42
Assists: Alex Tanguay · beat Ed Belfour
2–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL DAL⭐
15 Shots on goal 31
32 Hits 33
13 Blocked shots 11
3 Takeaways 4
13 Giveaways 20
8 Penalty minutes 4
COL shooting 13.3% (2/15) DAL shooting 0.0% (0/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy Shutout
31/31
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⭐Stars
Ed Belfour
13/15
.867 SV% · 2 GA · 58:31 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Stars
Stars: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–0
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Stars
Stars: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Messier · Tanguay · Sakic 18:13
L2 Podein · Reinprecht · Hejduk 15:30
L3 Drury · Yelle · Hinote 14:49
L4 Larsen · Willsie · Parker 7:39
D1 Blake · Foote 26:52
D2 Skoula · De Vries 19:53
D3 Gill · Trepanier 13:22
⭐Stars
L1 Modano · Nieuwendyk · Lehtinen 20:46
L2 Rucinsky · Turgeon · Langenbrunner 18:30
L3 Morrow · Brunet · Verbeek 13:58
L4 Muller · Sim · Kamensky 5:12
D1 Hatcher · Zubov 26:06
D2 Matvichuk · Sydor 22:57
D3 Manson · Erskine 8:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 11, 2001
⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · Avalanche won
Mar 10, 2001
🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL
2–3 (OT) · Stars won
Dec 1, 2000
⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · Avalanche won
Oct 4, 2000
🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL
2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won
May 27, 2000
🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL
2–3 · Stars won

❓ COL vs DAL, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Stars on December 26, 2001?

Avalanche won 2–0.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Stars?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Stars 0.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Alex Tanguay, Milan Hejduk.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 31 saves on 31 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Stars goalie play?

Ed Belfour made 13 saves on 15 shots (.867 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Stars played?

At American Airlines Center in Dallas, the Stars home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Stars season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Dec 23
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–6 · COL won
Next game · Dec 27
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
1–3 · CHI won
⭐Stars
Previous game · Dec 23
⭐DAL @ 🐦ATL
4–1 · DAL won
Next game · Dec 28
🦅WSH @ ⭐DAL
3–2 · WSH won
Also on December 26, 2001
🏛️OTT @ 🐻BOS
2–3 final
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 final
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
4–1 final
🍁TOR @ 🌪️CAR
3–4 final
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
0–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🐦ATL
3–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🎵STL
3–1 final
⚡TBL @ 🐯NSH
1–0 final
Avalanche season page Stars season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule