Overview
- Dallas enters on a franchise-record 10-game win streak and opens a six-game homestand after taking the Oct. 11 meeting in a shootout.
- Jake Oettinger is confirmed in net for the Stars, with Mackenzie Blackwood listed as Colorado’s expected starter.
- Coach Glen Gulutzan said trade pickups Tyler Myers and Michael Bunting will be healthy scratched to allow more time to learn the system.
- Roope Hintz returns from a four-game illness absence, restoring Dallas’ top-line center.
- The Avalanche lead the NHL in scoring and defense, will debut Nic Roy at center, and list Logan O’Connor, Joel Kiviranta and Artturi Lehkonen on the injury report.