NHL Playoff Preview: Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 4/23/2025

NHL Playoff Preview: Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 4/23/2025

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

Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Wednesday, April 13
Time: 9:30 pm EST
TV: ESPN/SN360
Radio:
Dallas – The Ticket 96.7 FM / 1310 AM
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Dallas: +1.5 ML +142
Colorado: -1.5 ML -170
O/U 6.5

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Dallas Stars News & Notes:

The Stars evened up the series with a 4-3 overtime win over Monday night. Jake Oettinger through two games is posting an .883 save percentage and a 3.06 goals-against average.  

Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche return home with the series tied 1-1. Mackenzie Blackwood is posting a 2.18 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage.

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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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

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

Toews-Makar
Lindgren-Manson
Girard-Johnson

Blackwood  
Wedgewood

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Players To Watch:

Dallas Stars

Wyatt Johnston this season had 71 points on 33 goals and 38 assists. He has two assists to start this series. In the regular season in three games against Colorado he had a point in every game recording five assists.

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon had 116 points this season on 32 goals and 84 assists. He has three goals and an assist so far in the first two games of the series. In three meetings in the regular season, he had an assist in all three games.  

Injury Report:

Dallas Stars

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

Colorado Avalanche

LW Gabriel Landeskog – IR
D Tucker Poolman – IR
C Ross Colton – DTD

Next Game

Game 4: Saturday, April 26 at Ball Arena

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