Avalanche 4, Stars 3, OT (AP) The Dallas Stars' inability to close out a game has them teetering on elimination. The Colorado Avalanche took a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven series Wednesday night when they beat the Stars in overtime for the second straight game. This time it was 4-3 on Alex Tanguay's game-winner. Tanguay attempted a cross-ice pass to Ian Laperriere that went off Willie Mitchell's skate and into the net at 1:09...
Neither team wants to face reality of 2-0 (AP) Everybody's fooling themselves in the Dallas-Colorado playoff series. As the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinals shifted to the Rocky Mountains, neither team seemed to want to face the fact that the seventh-seeded Avalanche had built a surprising 2-0 lead over the second-seeded Stars. The Avs didn't want to get caught up in their startling success and the seasoned Stars didn't want to...
Avalanche 5, Stars 4, OT (AP) Just like two years ago, the Colorado Avalanche have won the first two games in their first-round Western Conference playoffs series against Dallas. This time, the Avalanche haven't even been home yet. Joe Sakic scored his NHL playoff-record seventh overtime goal Monday night, tipping in John-Michael Liles' slap shot from the point past goalie Marty Turco at 4:36 of the extra period to give...
Sunday silence (Yahoo! Sports Exclusive) In the slightly mixed up world of the 2006 NHL playoffs, all four road teams won to even their series Sunday.
