Avalanche vs Stars

Final · Sat Apr 4 · 3:00 PM ET · American Airlines Center

Colorado AvalancheAvalanche50-15-10

FinalApr 4, 2026

Dallas StarsStars45-20-12

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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

COL−120

DAL+100

Puck line

COL −1.5+200

DAL +1.5−245

Total O/U

Over 6.5+105

Under 6.5−125

Puck line: Avalanche −1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 6.5 (2 goals).

Recap

The Colorado Avalanche shut out the Dallas Stars 2-0 at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Apr 4, 2026 to move to 50-15-10.

The go-ahead score came with 10:39 left in the third period: Martin Necas Goal (36) Tip-In, assists: Artturi Lehkonen (26), Devon Toews (20).

Score by period

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

W: Wedgewood · L: DeSmith

Scoring plays

Third Period

COLGoal · 10:39Martin Necas Goal (36) Tip-In, assists: Artturi Lehkonen (26), Devon Toews (20)1-0
COLGoal · 19:02Nathan MacKinnon Goal (51) Snap Shot, assists: Martin Necas (58), Josh Manson (26)2-0

Team stats

COLDAL

Shots: 22; 17
Power Play Goals: 0; 0
Faceoff Win Percent: 55.1; 44.9
Hits: 22; 17
Blocked Shots: 11; 12
Penalty Minutes: 6; 4

Top performers

Colorado AvalancheDallas Stars

Goals

Martin Necas1

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Assists

Martin Necas1

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Points

Martin Necas2

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Player stats

Avalanche · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Ross Colton C	0	1	0	0	7:49	0	0	1	0.0	0
Jack Drury C	2	0	1	0	10:15	0	0	0	66.7	2
Nazem Kadri C	0	0	0	0	13:52	0	0	2	54.5	0
Parker Kelly C	1	3	0	0	13:32	0	0	0	0.0	0
Joel Kiviranta LW	0	2	0	0	10:41	0	0	1	0.0	0
Gabriel Landeskog LW	0	2	0	0	14:17	0	0	1	100.0	0
Artturi Lehkonen LW	1	1	1	1	18:30	0	1	1	0.0	0
Nathan MacKinnon C	0	0	0	2	20:47	1	0	2	63.6	0
Martin Necas C	0	2	1	2	21:19	1	1	3	0.0	0
Brock Nelson C	2	0	0	1	21:38	0	0	3	46.7	2
Valeri Nichushkin RW	0	1	0	0	16:43	0	0	0	0.0	0
Logan O'Connor RW	0	0	1	0	7:51	0	0	2	0.0	0

Avalanche · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	A	S	PIM
Nick Blankenburg D	0	1	0	0	11:57	0	0	0
Brent Burns D	1	1	1	0	18:16	0	2	0
Brett Kulak D	0	1	0	0	20:41	0	0	2
Sam Malinski D	2	3	1	1	22:52	0	3	0
Josh Manson D	1	3	1	1	21:07	1	1	0
Devon Toews D	1	1	1	2	23:53	1	0	0

Avalanche · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Scott Wedgewood G	0	17	17	1.000	60:00	0

Stars · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	S	FO%	PIM
Oskar Back C	0	1	0	16:35	1	100.0	0
Jamie Benn LW	0	1	-1	14:24	0	0.0	2
Colin Blackwell C	0	4	0	12:01	0	0.0	0
Mavrik Bourque C	1	2	0	19:51	2	66.7	2
Matt Duchene C	0	1	-1	17:23	1	40.0	0
Adam Erne LW	2	1	-1	9:19	0	0.0	0
Justin Hryckowian C	2	1	0	16:43	0	50.0	0
Arttu Hyry RW	0	1	0	9:54	4	57.1	0
Wyatt Johnston C	1	1	-2	22:08	3	46.2	0
Mikko Rantanen RW	1	1	-1	21:45	0	0.0	0
Jason Robertson LW	0	0	-2	24:52	4	0.0	0

Stars · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S
Lian Bichsel D	0	1	1	-1	15:56	0
Thomas Harley D	0	1	0	0	22:24	1
Miro Heiskanen D	2	0	0	-1	23:51	1
Esa Lindell D	2	0	0	-1	19:10	0
Nils Lundkvist D	0	0	0	0	13:43	0
Ilya Lyubushkin D	1	1	0	0	10:53	0
Alexander Petrovic D	0	0	0	0	8:51	0

Stars · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Casey DeSmith G	1	21	20	.952	58:17	0

Three stars

Martin Necas (COL)
Scott Wedgewood (COL)
Casey DeSmith (DAL)

Game info

VenueAmerican Airlines Center, Dallas, TX

Attendance18,532

OfficialsLinesman: Travis Gawryletz · Referee: Gord Dwyer · Referee: Wes McCauley · Linesman: Brandon Gawryletz

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