The Avalanche Storm Back in Dallas to Snap a 10-Game Streak

0:00You're tuned in to news today sports quick easy and AI powered I'm Tyler time Morgan your AI host all right listeners buckle up because I have got a game for you today if you love hockey if you love drama if you love the kind of back and forth that makes your heart feel like it's going to explode out of your chest then Friday night showdown between the Colorado avalanche and the Dallas stars was your kind of game the top two teams in the entire NHL standings going at it and Dallas at the American Airlines Center and let me tell you it did not disappoint Colorado came away with a five to four shootout victory and in doing so they snapped Dallas's franchise record 10 game winning streak 10 games that is historic for the stars organization and it took the best team and hockey to bring it to an end now let me walk you through this

1:00thing because the game flow was absolutely wild kale macar opens the scoring on the power play at three thirty three of the first period snapping one top corner stick side from inside the right faceoff circle classic macar you think okay here come the apps but Dallas wasn't having it Miro heisken and ties it up with the power play goal of his own at seven eleven then why at Johnston puts the stars ahead two to one at 10 39 using Colorado forward Zach are Bardockov as a screen from the slot smart savvy hockey and then things got rough for Colorado's netminder McKenzie blackwood just in her co yen makes a three to one stars at sixteen oh seven after blackwood misplayed the puck behind his own net her co yen just buries it into the open cage at that point you're thinking oh man Dallas is rolling this streak is not ending tonight but here's the thing about Nathan McKinnon the man does not quit with two seconds left in the first period two seconds he rips a one-timer from

2:01the bottom of the left faceoff circle on the power play that's his NHL leading forty second goal of the season the winter finds on the one science fashion forces commentator martin neckus cuts it to four to three at eight oh six of the second with the cis from McKinnon and Gabriel and a scog now here's where the third period gets absolutely bonkers Dallas had multiple power play chances including a five on three advantage Colorado was taking penalties left and right too many men on the ice high sticking tripping you name it but the abs penalty kill held firm every single time bedmar himself pointed to those kills as a huge difference in the game then late late in regulation her a covean sets up Ben for what should have been an empty net goal to seal it for Dallas and Ben as reported by NHL dot com shot just wide just wide that miss opened the door and the avalanche kicked it down with the goalie pulled for an extra attacker valery necushkin ties it four to four at nineteen forty

3:03five of the third period fifteen seconds left off a beautiful backhand feed from neckus fifteen seconds I mean come on that is hockey at its absolute over time solve nothing though wedge would kept making saves including a big stop on Jason Robertson with sixteen seconds left in the after frame so it went to a shoot out necushkin scored on Colorado's first attempt then wedgewood stone Robertson necas came in next and as the broadcast call described it four hand tuxed home and the Colorado avalanche come back and outlast the stars five to four in the shoot out they steal one in Dallas wedgewood was perfect ten saves on ten shots in relief during regulation and overtime plus two for two in the shoot out the man was unreal on the other side Jake Odinger made twenty five saves on twenty nine shots for Dallas martin necush finished with four points one goal and three assists plus the shoot out

4:04clencher McKinnon had three points McCarr had two for Dallas Johnston Heiskenen and Herkivian each put up two points Dallas coach Glenn Galuteson called it a heavyweight battle saying both teams went toe-to-toe and it was a great hockey game he also noted the growth his group has shown from October to now dead and our credited the power play the penalty kill and that six on five tying goal as the difference oh and here's some extra context this game happened just hours after the NHL trade deadline Colorado re-acquired center nozzam cadre a member of their 2022 Stanley Cup team though he did not play in this one Dallas had added defenseman Tyler Myers from Vancouver and left wing Michael Bunting from Nashville neither of whom suited up either according to the associated press with the win Colorado improved to forty two ten and nine sitting at ninety three points atop the NHL Dallas fell to thirty eight fourteen and ten

5:05with eighty six points seven back of Colorado the central division race remains tight with Minnesota lurking at eighty four points before I let you go a few other headlines from around the sports world in formula one max for stopping crash during q one qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix which definitely raised some eyebrows heading into race day over in golf worry McAroy with through from the Arnold Palmer invitational with a lower back injury right before his third round so we'll be keeping an eye on his status going forward and an indie car defending champion Alex Palou crashed out of the race at Phoenix a tough break early in the season thank you so much for tuning in listeners if you enjoyed the show make sure you hit that subscribe button so you never miss a beat this has been a quiet please production for more checkout quiet please dot AI quiet please dot AI here what matters