Also: Kyle Connor’s one-timer with 1:36 remaining in the third period snapped a 3-3 tie and lifted Winnipeg to a victory in Saturday’s opening game of the Stanley Cup playoffs against St. Louis.

The first taste of playoff hockey for Mackenzie Blackwood was nearly perfect. The Avalanche’s starting netminder was the star ...

DALLAS – An uncontrollable Avalanche roared into Texas and put a sense of dread in Dallas with a big, fat D. On this Saturday night there was nobody, including their old teammate Mikko “Moose” ...

MacKinnon scored on a shot that deflected off Stars defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin, and knuckled past goalie Jake Oettinger late ...

Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado’s strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as ...

Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado's strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 in the playoff opener.

Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado’s strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as ...

Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals and assisted on another as the Avalanche opened their NHL playoffs with a 5-1 win over the ...

MacKinnon scored twice, and Blackwood had a terrific night between the pipes as the Avalanche beat the Stars 5-1 to take Game ...

For the eighth consecutive playoff series, the Stars will have to come from behind. Two-seed Dallas fell, 5-1, to three-seed ...