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

The Colorado Avalanche smashed the Dallas Stars on Saturday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series at American ...

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

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.

The Dallas Stars have been a team of streaks in recent years and weeks. In recent weeks, the team has dropped their last ...

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

Instead, the Stars lost the sort of game they were winning for a lot of the second half, in which an opportunistic team ...

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 ...