NHL Playoff Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars with Line Combinations 5/3/2025

Colorado Avalanche (3-1-2) at Dallas Stars (3-3-0)

Venue: American Airlines Arena
Date: Saturday, May 3
Time: 8:00 pm EST
TV: ABC/Sportsnet/TVAS
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 -135
Dallas: +1.5 ML +1114
O/U 5.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche forced a game seven tonight behind a 7-4 win on Thursday night. They are averaging 3.7 goals per game in this series. Mackenzie Blackwood is posting a 2.65 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage. He stopped 22 of the 26 shots he faced on Thursday.

Dallas Stars News & Notes:

The Stars now return home for game seven after being unable to close out the series in game six. The Stars are averaging 2.8 goals per game in this series. Jake Oettinger is posting a 2.99 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage. He stopped 41 of the 46 shots he faced in Thursday’s loss.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

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

Toews-Makar
Girard-Manson
Lindgren-Malinski

Blackwood  
Wedgewood

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Dallas Stars Projected Lines:

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

Lindell-Ceci
Harley-Lyubushkin
Bichsel-Petrovic

Oettinger
DeSmith

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon had 116 points this season on 38 goals and 84 assists. He has six goals and four assists in this series. In three meetings in the regular season against the Stars, he had an assist in every game.

Dallas Stars

Roope Hintz this season had 67 points on 28 goals and 39 assists. He has four goals and three assists in this series. In two games against Colorado this season, he had a goal and an assist. 

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

D Tucker Poolman – IR
C Ross Colton – DTD

Dallas Stars

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

Next Game

Game 1: TBD

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