NHL Playoff Preview: Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 4/26/2025

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

Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Saturday, April 26
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 +160
Colorado: -1.5 ML -192
O/U 6.5

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Dallas Stars News & Notes:

The Stars took a 2-1 series lead on Wednesday with a 2-1 overtime win. Jake Oettinger now has a 2.37 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage. He stopped 27 of the 28 shots he faced on Wednesday.

Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche will look to even the series up before it shifts back to Dallas. Mackenzie Blackwood is posting a 2.07 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage. He stopped 26 of the 28 shots he faced on Wednesday.

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

Toews-Makar
Lindgren-Manson
Girard-Malinski

Blackwood  
Wedgewood

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Players To Watch:

Dallas Stars

Tyler Seguin had 21 points this season on nine goals and 12 assists. He has two goals in the last two games, including the game-winning goal on Wednesday for Dallas. In the regular season, in his lone game, he had a goal and an assist.

Colorado Avalanche

Logan O’Connor this season had 21 points on ten goals and 11 assists. He has a goal and three assists through the first three games of the series. In three meetings in the regular season, he didn’t record a point and was a minus one.

Injury Report:

Dallas Stars

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

Colorado Avalanche

D Tucker Poolman – IR
C Ross Colton – DTD

Next Game

Game 4: Saturday, April 26 at Ball Arena

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