Full coverage: Dallas Stars finish Colorado Avalanche with Game 6 overtime win (2024)

The Dallas Stars are moving on to the Western Conference Finals. And it wasn’t easy.

It took two overtimes and the overcoming of a controversial no-goal call for Dallas to finally stuff in the game-winner and down the pesky Colorado Avalanche once and for all.

Find our full coverage, reactions, analysis and more below.

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— National reactions to Stars’ win: Matt duch*ene says goodnight with overtime winner

— Hear from Matt duch*ene, Mason Marchment, Pete DeBoer on Stars’ controversial no-goal in OT

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Game updates

Final: Stars 2, Avalanche 1 (2OT)

The Dallas Stars are headed to the Western Conference finals for the second consecutive year. Matt duch*ene, the subject of the disallowed goal in the first overtime, scores the official gamewinner with just over eight minutes remaining in the second overtime period.

Dallas wins the series, 4-2.

Second overtime, 9:19 remaining: Back and forth we go. Both teams have had chances in the second overtime, but it’s clearly two energy-drained teams out there scraping and clawing for goals. Stars players are running 25-second shifts, per the broadcast.

End of overtime: Stars 1, Avalanche 1

We’ve played 80 minutes and still don’t have a winner. To the second overtime period we go, the Stars looking to end the series with a goal — one that counts.

Overtime, 7:00 remaining: Fakeout.

The Stars briefly thought they had an overtime, series-ending goal by Mason Marchment, but the referees ruled no-goal and called Matt duch*ene for goaltender interference. The call stood after a replay review. No goal.

Overtime, 11:00 remaining: Dallas had its opportunities early in the extra frame but unable to capitalize so far. At one point the Stars remained in Colorado’s zone for nearly two full minutes, but were unable to put one in.

End of third period: Stars 1, Avalanche 1

To overtime we go.

Perhaps the most intense third period the Stars have played all season saw Dallas get the equalizer from Jamie Benn before the defenses and goalies took over once again.

Third period, 3:00 remaining: High-stress playoff hockey. Game 6 remains tied late into the third.

Third period, 9:40 remaining: Intensity is ratcheted up as Dallas looks to close out Colorado while the Avs fight for their season. Jason Robertson with a potentially goal-saving block.

Third period, 18:00 remaining: The Stars are on the board.

The captain, Jamie Benn, scores to knot the game up at one, sprung loose by a beautiful pass from Evgenii Dadonov.

End of second period: Avalanche 1, Stars 0

The Stars have been shut out through forty minutes. They’ll have to find a way to get a couple past Colorado goalie Alexandar Georgiev, or this series will be headed back to Dallas.

Second period, 6:30 remaining: The Stars got some quality chances but no equalizer on the power play.

Second period, 8:59 remaining: Dallas is going on the power play with a chance to build some momentum. It’s their first man-advantage of the game.

Second period, 14:00 remaining: The Avalanche strike first for the first time in the series.

Jake Oettinger mixed in a second great stop, but couldn’t make a third. Mikko Rantanen put one in from close range to give Colorado a 1-0 lead.

End of first period: Stars 0, Avalanche 0

For the first time this series, the teams are scoreless after 20 minutes. Jake Oettinger’s stunning save late in the period helped keep things knotted at zero.

First period, 6:30 remaining: Stars with a close call but Alaxandar Georgiev comes up big. Dallas hasn’t allowed an Avalanche shot on goal for over 10 minutes of play.

First period, 7:00 remaining: A bit of a choppy start to Game 6 -- lots of whistles, stops and starts. Just seven shots on goal through the first eight minutes of play as both teams look to get their offenses settled.

Pregame updates

8:43 p.m.: Here are the Stars’ expected lines for Friday night, with a jolt of a surprise: Recent call-up Alexander Petrovic is in for Nils Lundkvist. Petrovic is a 32-year-old defenseman who appeared in one game for Dallas this season.

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Pregame reading

— Can Jake Oettinger find another bounce-back win to end Avs series? ‘He’s a response guy’

— Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz out for Game 6 vs. Colorado with injury

— Joe Pavelski likely on ‘18th hole’ but can still help Stars, says NHL analyst Eddie Olczyk

— Stars may have given the Avalanche new life by playing wide-open style in Game 5 loss

— The Stars fought to win home-ice advantage, so why are they struggling to win at home?

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