Scoring just nine seconds into Game 5 at American Airlines Center, the Stars showed up from the start and took down the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Monday to take a 3-2 series lead. The Stars will have the chance to end the series Thursday night in Game 6 at Colorado.

Trailing 3-0 after two periods in Game 4 against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, Dallas Stars head coach Pete DeBoer made the decision to swap his goalies. Jake Oettinger had stopped 31 of the 34 shots he faced through the opening 40 minutes,

Johnston's record-setting starter goal came off the opening faceoff, when he shot from the immediate left of the net. The 21-year-old forward already in his 43rd career playoff game was skating toward the back wall and passing the red line when he took the shot that ricocheted off Blackwood.