⭐ Away Stars 1-1 in series
2–1
Final / OT
DAL leads 4–3
🏔️ Home Avalanche 1-1 in series
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
⭐ DAL 00112
🏔️ COL 10001

Stars at Avalanche — First Round Game 3

Stars, First Round Game 3, beat Avalanche 2–1 in overtime at Ball Arena on April 23, 2025.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2024-25 playoffs
🏒 The series ⚔️ Head-to-head

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

COL vs DAL · DAL leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
5–1
Final · COL
Game 2
3–4
OT · DAL
Game 3
2–1
OT · DAL
Game 4
0–4
Final · COL
Game 5
2–6
Final · DAL
Game 6
4–7
Final · COL
Game 7
2–4
Final · DAL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⭐ DAL
Jamie Benn
1 G
1 shots · 15:20 TOI
2nd star ⭐ DAL
Tyler Seguin
1 G
1 shots · 14:01 TOI
3rd star ⭐ DAL
Mikko Rantanen
1 A
5 shots · 19:16 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Valeri Nichushkin Go-ahead 1st · 08:09
Assists: Samuel Girard, Sam Malinski · beat Jake Oettinger
0–1
3rd period
⭐ Jamie Benn PP Tying 3rd · 09:18
Assists: Thomas Harley, Mikael Granlund · beat Mackenzie Blackwood
1–1
Overtime
⭐ Tyler Seguin Go-ahead OT · 05:31
Assists: Mason Marchment, Mikko Rantanen · beat Mackenzie Blackwood
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⭐Stars
L1 Johnston · Granlund · Hintz 19:53
L2 Marchment · Duchene · Rantanen 16:10
L3 Benn · Seguin · Dadonov 14:01
L4 Steel · Blackwell · Bäck 11:47
D1 Harley · Lindell 28:33
D2 Ceci · Lyubushkin 23:39
D3 Petrovic · Bichsel 12:07
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Lehkonen · MacKinnon · Necas 23:15
L2 Drouin · Nelson · Nichushkin 19:48
L3 Landeskog · Coyle · O'Connor 13:16
L4 Kiviranta · Kelly · Drury 11:39
D1 Makar · Toews 28:17
D2 Manson · Girard 17:40
D3 Lindgren · Malinski 14:28

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⭐DAL COL🏔️
28 Shots on goal 28
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
34 Hits 46
21 Blocked shots 18
3 Takeaways 2
12 Giveaways 15
12 Penalty minutes 6
DAL shooting 7.1% (2/28) COL shooting 3.6% (1/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⭐Stars
Jake Oettinger
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 65:31 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Mackenzie Blackwood
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 65:31 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 08:09 · 0–1 Jamie Benn · 3rd 09:18 · 1–1 Tyler Seguin · OT 05:31 · 2–1
DAL COL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Stars
Stars — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-7-1 (43% win rate, 14 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 14-1-2 (82% win rate, 17 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Stars
Stars — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-7-1 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-1-2 (75% win rate, 12 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Apr 212025 🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL 3–4 OT Apr 192025 🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL 5–1 Mar 162025 ⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL 3–4 OT Jan 182025 ⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL 3–6 Nov 292024 🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL 3–5
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❓ DAL vs COL, answered

Who won Stars vs Avalanche on April 23, 2025?

Stars won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Stars 2, Avalanche 1.

Who scored for Stars?

Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Valeri Nichushkin.

How did the Stars goalie play?

Jake Oettinger made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Stars vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⭐ Stars
BeforeApr 21 🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL 3–4 AfterApr 26 ⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL 0–4
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeApr 21 🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL 3–4 AfterApr 26 ⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL 0–4
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