nhl Game Recap
Avalanche vs Stars Final: 5-3 - Recap
Cale Makar scored twice to lead the Avalanche over Dallas 5-3 on Wednesday at American Airlines Center.
Bettors who backed the Avalanche were rewarded as +129 underdogs at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 6.5.
Cale Makar(2), Artturi Lehkonen, Nathan MacKinnon, and Casey Mittelstadt each scored for the Avalanche in the victory. Lehkonen opened the scoring for Colorado.
Alexandar Georgiev stopped 24 of 27 Dallas shots in the victory.
Dallas got goals from Joe Pavelski, Logan Stankoven, and Miro Heiskanen in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Dallas got a 22-stop effort from Jake Oettinger in the loss.
Colorado scored 2 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Dallas went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Dallas by a margin of 27-27.