The Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars meet Thursday for Game 2 of their Western Conference 2nd round series. Puck drop from American Airlines Center is slated for 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Avalanche vs. Stars'odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
Series: Avalanche lead 1-0
Colorado took Tuesday’s series opener 4-3 in overtime. The Avs ceded a 3-0 1st-period lead to the Stars, battled back to tie the game 3-3 early in the 3rd and win it with an OT goal by LW Miles Wood.
The Stars were shorthanded just twice in the opener, but a penalty-killing unit ranked 8th in the regular season was undone by 2 Colorado goals in those situations.