The Dallas Stars quickly go from winning a tight series over the reigning Cup champ to having to face the high-scoring 2022 champ Avalanche in the second round of the Western Conference semifinals.
Dallas Stars' Jason Robertson celebrates his goal with the bench in the second period in Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights in Dallas, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The Dallas Stars got only one day off after their dramatic Game 7 victory over last year’s Stanley Cup champion. They now start what could be a drastically different second round in the Western Conference playoffs against well-rested 2022 champ Colorado.
Now they have to face the Avalanche, who by the time the puck drops for Game 1 on Tuesday night will have gone a full week since wrapping up their opening round with 28 goals in five games against one of the league’s top defensive teams.“We’re going to have to work ourselves into the series to see how we’re going to have to win,” DeBoer told. “My initial reaction, just watching what they did to Winnipeg, is I don’t think we want to get in a track meet. ...
While the Stars hope to have an advantage going right from one series to another one, the Avalanche are drawing on experience from long layoffs during their 2022 Stanley Cup title run. They had a break of more than a week between the first and second rounds, and another before the final when they knocked off Tampa Bay in six games.“The way you handle every situation it’s not just like, you know, willy-nilly, you’re trying to think of the best way to do it.
Only three other teams have opened the playoffs with at least five goals in each of their first five games. The Avs are the first since the 1994 New York Rangers, who then won their last Stanley Cup title.Alexandar Georgiev started all five games for the Avalanche in the first-round series, stopping 126 shots and finishing with a 3.03 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage.
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