DENVER (AP) — Tyler Seguin and Logan Stankoven scored two goals each and goaltender Jake Oettinger thwarted Colorado’s high-powered offense, stanching the Avalanche’s third-period comeback prowess in a 4-1 win Saturday night that gave the Dallas Stars the upper hand in their Western Conference second-round series.
“I don’t think a coach has ever seen a perfect game, but I’ll tell you that’s as close to a perfect road game as you can play, in my mind, in this situation,” Stars coach Peter DeBoer said after Dallas took a 2-1 series lead.
“We knew they going to come out guns blazing in the first period. You knew their home record. They had challenged their best players, their coach had, after the last game,” DeBoer said. “So, we knew we were going to get a lot thrown at us early in that game. And our composure throughout the night I thought was outstanding.”