Game

Stars at Avalanche

Stars 5, Avalanche 4 in a shootout · first star Nathan MacKinnon (1 G, 2 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Dallas Stars 5 at Colorado Avalanche 4

Stars DAL

5 FINAL/SO 4

Avalanche COL

Saturday, October 11, 2025 · 9:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Stars	1	2	1	0	1	5	22
Avalanche	0	2	2	0	0	4	39

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Stars attack left, Avalanche attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: DAL 22, COL 39.

DAL in red COL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Stars 22 shots on goal (4 goals, 11 missed, 8 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 39 shots on goal (4 goals, 19 missed, 26 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	DAL SOG	DAL G	DAL ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	5	1	14	14	0	27
2nd	6	2	12	8	2	21
3rd	11	1	13	16	2	32
OT	0	0	2	1	0	4
Total	22	4	41	39	4	84

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	DAL SOG	DAL G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	17	4	28	3
Power play	3	0	11	1
Short-handed	2	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 67.2% of the shot attempts, and 67.7% of the 93 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Stars hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Stars at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	65.8	65.5
2nd	63.6	62.5
3rd	71.1	62.9
OT	66.7	66.7
Game	67.2	63.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

18:51 Thomas Harley (1) Mikko Rantanen (3), Nils Lundkvist (2) · slap 1–0

2nd period

03:54 Martin Necas (3) Nathan MacKinnon (3), Sam Malinski (1) · wrist 1–1
10:07 Gavin Brindley (1) Victor Olofsson (2) · snap 1–2
15:22 Nathan Bastian (1) Esa Lindell (1), Miro Heiskanen (1) · wrist 2–2
18:25 Jason Robertson (2) Thomas Harley (3), Ilya Lyubushkin (1) · tip-in 3–2

3rd period

00:34 Artturi Lehkonen (2) Nathan MacKinnon (4), Martin Necas (2) · snap 3–3
01:58 Wyatt Johnston (2) Unassisted · wrist 4–3
10:46 Nathan MacKinnon (2) PP Martin Necas (3), Brent Burns (1) · snap 4–4

Shootout

00:00 Mikko Rantanen Unassisted · wrist 5–4

Three stars

Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 1 G, 2 A
Brock Nelson COL · C #11 · 0 G, 0 A
Thomas Harley DAL · D #55 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	08:19	DAL	Lian Bichsel	hooking	2	Brock Nelson
1st	11:40	COL	Josh Manson	high sticking	2	Wyatt Johnston
1st	14:22	DAL	Thomas Harley	cross checking	2	Martin Necas
2nd	00:15	DAL	Mikko Rantanen	high sticking	2	Cale Makar
2nd	04:41	DAL	Justin Hryckowian	fighting (major)	5	Ross Colton
2nd	04:41	COL	Ross Colton	fighting (major)	5	Justin Hryckowian
2nd	11:13	COL	Cale Makar	tripping	2	Jason Robertson
3rd	07:38	DAL	Ilya Lyubushkin	high sticking double minor	4	Joel Kiviranta

Boxscore

Dallas Stars

Stars skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Thomas Harley #55	D	1	1	2	0	2	0	4	2	0.0	25:52
Wyatt Johnston #53	C	1	0	1	+1	5	0	2	0	71.4	21:29
Jason Robertson #21	L	1	0	1	+3	5	1	0	0	0.0	20:21
Nathan Bastian #11	R	1	0	1	-1	2	3	1	0	0.0	07:04
Mikko Rantanen #96	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0	21:15
Esa Lindell #23	D	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	0.0	24:46
Ilya Lyubushkin #46	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	4	0.0	13:37
Miro Heiskanen #4	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	25:07
Nils Lundkvist #5	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0.0	17:09
Colin Blackwell #15	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	33.3	11:40
Justin Hryckowian #49	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0.0	06:23
Matt Duchene #95	C	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	25.0	16:46
Mavrik Bourque #22	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	10:37
Radek Faksa #12	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	75.0	13:21
Roope Hintz #24	C	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	60.9	22:26
Sam Steel #18	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	50.0	14:49
Tyler Seguin #91	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	25.0	18:21
Lian Bichsel #6	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	2	0.0	14:49

Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jake Oettinger #29	W	39	35	4	.897	25/28	10/11	65:00

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Martin Necas #88	C	1	2	3	+2	3	0	0	0	50.0	23:11
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	1	2	3	+2	4	2	0	0	53.3	25:01
Gavin Brindley #54	C	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	06:25
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	0.0	22:16
Victor Olofsson #95	L	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	13:45
Brent Burns #84	D	0	1	1	-2	3	0	1	0	0.0	20:35
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:39
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	47.1	24:01
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	46.7	14:45
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	25.0	10:55
Ross Colton #20	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	5	0.0	10:41
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	0	0	0	-1	4	5	0	0	50.0	16:14
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	09:23
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:01
Cale Makar #8	D	0	0	0	+1	5	2	1	2	0.0	26:23
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	28:00
Ilya Solovyov #28	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0.0	09:34
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	2	2	0.0	16:11

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	O	22	18	4	.818	13/17	3/3	65:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.