Stars vs Avalanche

Final/SO · Wed Mar 18 · 9:30 PM ET · Ball Arena

Dallas StarsStars43-15-10

Final/SOMar 18, 2026

Colorado AvalancheAvalanche44-13-10

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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

DAL+120

COL−142

Puck line

DAL +1.5−198

COL −1.5+164

Total O/U

Over 6.5+102

Under 6.5−122

Puck line: Stars +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 6.5 (3 goals).

Recap

The Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in a shootout at Ball Arena in Denver on Mar 18, 2026 to move to 43-15-10.

The Stars won despite being outshot 34-18.

Score by period

Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche, score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
DAL	0	1	0	0	1	2
COL	1	0	0	0	0	1

W: Oettinger · L: Wedgewood

Scoring plays

First Period

COLGoal · 18:33Cale Makar Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Nazem Kadri (31), Nathan MacKinnon (66)0-1

Second Period

DALGoal · 6:18Jason Robertson Goal (37) Wrist Shot, assists: Nathan Bastian (1), Thomas Harley (24)1-1

Team stats

DALCOL

Shots: 18; 34
Power Play Goals: 0; 1
Faceoff Win Percent: 42.4; 57.6
Hits: 25; 29
Blocked Shots: 20; 6
Penalty Minutes: 6; 6

Top performers

Dallas StarsColorado Avalanche

Goals

Jason Robertson1

Cale Makar1

Assists

Nathan Bastian1

Nazem Kadri1

Points

Jason Robertson1

Cale Makar1

Player stats

Stars · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Oskar Back C	1	1	0	1	11:41	0	0	0	20.0	0
Nathan Bastian RW	0	5	0	1	9:14	0	1	0	0.0	0
Jamie Benn LW	0	1	0	0	15:56	0	0	0	66.7	2
Colin Blackwell C	1	6	0	0	13:05	0	0	0	16.7	0
Mavrik Bourque C	0	0	0	0	19:13	0	0	1	100.0	0
Michael Bunting LW	0	1	1	0	15:11	0	0	1	0.0	2
Matt Duchene C	1	0	0	0	19:35	0	0	3	50.0	0
Adam Erne LW	1	4	1	0	8:59	0	0	1	0.0	0
Justin Hryckowian C	2	2	2	0	16:49	0	0	0	40.0	0
Wyatt Johnston C	1	0	0	0	20:20	0	0	3	42.9	0
Jason Robertson LW	1	1	1	1	21:08	1	0	5	0.0	0
Sam Steel C	1	0	0	0	16:32	0	0	0	100.0	0

Stars · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	A	S	PIM
Lian Bichsel D	1	2	0	0	14:18	0	0	0
Thomas Harley D	5	0	1	1	22:45	1	2	0
Miro Heiskanen D	2	0	0	0	28:12	0	1	0
Esa Lindell D	1	0	0	0	24:01	0	0	0
Nils Lundkvist D	0	0	0	1	18:15	0	0	0
Tyler Myers D	2	2	0	0	14:28	0	1	2

Stars · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Jake Oettinger G	1	34	33	.971	64:55	0

Avalanche · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	A	S	FO%	PIM
Zakhar Bardakov C	0	0	0	-1	3:23	0	0	0.0	2
Gavin Brindley C	0	1	0	-1	3:50	0	1	0.0	0
Jack Drury C	0	0	0	0	14:52	0	2	58.3	0
Ivan Ivan C	0	0	0	-1	3:43	0	0	66.7	0
Nazem Kadri C	0	2	0	0	20:46	1	3	0.0	0
Parker Kelly C	1	11	0	0	14:45	0	0	33.3	0
Joel Kiviranta LW	0	2	0	0	13:08	0	1	0.0	0
Nathan MacKinnon C	0	0	1	0	26:40	1	5	61.1	0
Martin Necas C	0	3	0	0	24:49	0	2	0.0	0
Brock Nelson C	1	1	0	0	27:27	0	4	59.1	0
Valeri Nichushkin RW	0	1	0	0	19:56	0	3	0.0	0
Nicolas Roy C	0	1	0	0	13:37	0	1	0.0	0

Avalanche · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	S	PIM
Brent Burns D	1	2	0	-1	15:35	0	2	0
Brett Kulak D	1	0	1	0	18:12	0	1	0
Cale Makar D	1	1	2	0	24:39	1	4	2
Sam Malinski D	0	0	1	0	20:53	0	1	0
Josh Manson D	1	4	0	-1	17:12	0	1	0
Devon Toews D	0	0	0	0	25:33	0	3	0

Avalanche · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Scott Wedgewood G	1	18	17	.944	65:00	0

Three stars

Jake Oettinger (DAL)
Cale Makar (COL)
Scott Wedgewood (COL)

Game info

VenueBall Arena, Denver, CO

Attendance18,146

OfficialsReferee: Chris Rooney · Referee: Brian Pochmara · Linesman: Trent Knorr · Linesman: Devin Berg

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