NHL Playoff Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars with Line Combinations 4/21/2025

Colorado Avalanche (1-0-0) at Dallas Stars (0-1-0)

Venue: American Airlines Center
Date: Monday, April 21
Time: 9:30 pm EST
TV: ESPN/SN360
Radio:
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
Dallas – The Ticket 96.7 FM / 1310 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Colorado: -1.5 ML -155
Dallas: +1.5 ML +130
O/U 6.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche look to return home with a 2-0 series lead and really take control of this series. The year they won the Stanley Cup they won game one in every series. 

Dallas Stars News & Notes:

The Stars dropped the first game to the Avalanche last season when these two teams met in the second round. Dallas would go on to win three straight and four of their last five to advance to the Western Conference Finals. They look to even the series tonight. 

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Drouin-Nelson-Nichushkin  
Kiviranta-Coyle-Colton
Kelly-Drury-O’Connor

Toews-Makar
Lindgren-Manson
Girard-Johnson

Blackwood  
Wedgewood

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Dallas Stars Projected Lines:

Granlund-Hintz-Dadanov
Marchment-Duchene-Seguin
Benn-Johnston-Rantanen
Back-Steel-Bourque

Harley-Lyubushkin
Lindell-Ceci
Bischel-Petrovic

Oettinger
DeSmith

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon this season had 116 points on 32 goals and 84 assists. He scored two goals and added an assist in game one. MacKinnon in three games against Dallas this season had three assists. 

Dallas Stars

Roope Hintz this season had 67 points on 28 goals and 39 assists. He scored the lone goal in game one on Saturday. In two games against Colorado this season he had a goal and an assist. 

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

LW Gabriel Landeskog – IR
D Tucker Poolman – IR

Dallas Stars

LW Jason Robertson – DTD
D Nils Lundkvist – IR
D Miro Heiskenen – IR

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