The league’s best road team looked the part again Monday night, as the Dallas Stars defeated the Colorado Avalanche in Game 4 at Ball Arena. Dallas can close...
Dallas Stars left wing Mason Marchment reacts after a goal by center Wyatt Johnston in the second period of Game 4 Monday night in Denver.The Stars have now won three straight games and lead the series 3-1. They can close it out on home ice at 7 p.m. CT Wednesday.For the second time this playoffs, the Stars have strung together three consecutive wins with two coming on enemy ice.
The Stars need just one win to advance to the Western Conference finals. After dominating the league’s best home team over the last three days, they’ve earned the chance to punch their ticket to one of two Canadian destinations in front of a passionate home crowd in Dallas.The Stars’ leading scorer this postseason notched his second multi-goal game, giving Dallas a 2-0 advantage early in the second period.
In the first 20 minutes, the Stars had a 16-2 shot advantage. Each team had a power play, and neither scored on the man advantage, but Johnston converted in a shorthanded situation to give his team the 1-0 lead at the break. The Stars didn’t take many penalties in Monday’s game either, which helped their chances on the special teams. After a Logan Stankoven hooking call gave Colorado a power play late in the first, the Avalanche had just one more man advantage late in the third period but could not score.Colorado was not only the league’s highest-scoring team in the first round of the NHL playoffsThe Stars came away with two wins thanks to stellar defensive play.
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