Overview
- Dallas won 2-1 in Denver, with Wyatt Johnston netting the only shootout goal and Jake Oettinger stopping all three Colorado attempts.
- Oettinger made 33 saves through overtime, including a late glove stop on Nathan MacKinnon, while Scott Wedgewood finished with 17 saves for Colorado.
- Cale Makar opened the scoring with a first-period power-play goal for his 20th of the season, and Jason Robertson tied it in the second.
- Colorado outshot Dallas 34-18 over 65 minutes but failed to solve Oettinger, who is 12-0-1 in his past 13 games.
- All three meetings this season have gone to a shootout; the Avalanche still hold a game in hand and the tiebreaker, with the final matchup set for April 4 in Dallas.