Wyatt Johnston and the Dallas Stars will take the ice against Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.
The Colorado Avalanche will head on the road for the first game of this best-of-seven series in the second round of the NHL Playoffs against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center on Tuesday night. The Avalanche took down the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of the playoffs to advance to this stage. They won in five games, losing just Game 1 and finishing with four straight wins. The goal differential during that time was in their favor 28-15. Three different players lead the team in total points throughout the first round with a total of nine points. All three players also contributed the same with two goals and seven assists. They include Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, and Cale Makar. Right wing, Valeri Nuchushkin has seven points and leads the team in goals with seven goals. He is followed by Artturi Lehkonen, who has eight points with six goals and two assists. They will need the deployment of all these guys if they hope to come away with a tough series win in the second round.
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The Stars come into this second round with 52 wins in the regular season. It took all seven games for them to beat the Vegas Golden Knights in the team’s last series. They won two games on the road before winning one at home and finishing the series off at home in Game 7. They were led by Wyatt Johnston throughout that first round.
He finished with a team-high in points, including four goals and three assists totaling seven points. He led the team in scoring as well, followed by Jason Robertson who had three goals and two assists for five points. Miro Heiskanen also had five points with just one goal and four assists.
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