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Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche
Saturday March 8
2:00 PM
TV: KDFI Channel 27 | Radio: WBAP-820 AM

Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars
Sunday March 9
7:00 PM
TV: KDFI Channel 27 | Radio: WBAP-820 AM

About the Stars

The Stars are coming off a 2-1 loss to Phoenix Wednesday night. It was the Stars' second straight loss following a stretch where they had won 13 of 15 games. "Our desperation level just hasn't been at the point where it needed to be the last two games," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "We have to recognize that, grab a hold of it and get it back." The Stars have scored just one goal in each of the two losses.

Injuries:  D Philippe Boucher (shoulder) and D Sergei Zubov (groin/foot) are out.

About the Avalanche
The Avalanche pushed their winning streak to five games with a 1-0 win over Anaheim in Denver Thursday night. Jose Theodore made 27 saves for the shutout.  "We played well, and Jose was very sharp," Avs coach Joel Quenneville said. "I think we've got more confidence knowing he's back in our end." Wojtek Wolski scored the lone goal, snapping a 15-game goals scoring drought. Thursday game was Peter Forsberg's second game with the Avalanche since signing as a free agent just before the trade deadline. He has no points in his first two contests.

Injuries: LW Ryan Smyth (concussion/separated shoulder), C Cody McCormick (shoulder/bruised chest), D Brett Clark (shoulder) and RW Marek Svatos (torn ACL) are out.

 Season Series
  • These will be the third and fourth meetings between the two teams.
    Both teams are 1-1-0 in season series.
Date Location Result
Wednesday October 3 Colorado Colorado 4, Dallas 3
Friday November 16 Dallas Dallas 6, Colorado 1
     
Statistical tidbits
  • The Stars are 2-26 on the power play over the last five games.
  • Colorado is 20-22 on the penalty kill over their last six games.
  • The Avalanche power play, ranked last in the league heading into Friday's games, is 1-19 over the last four games.
  • Colorado has failed to score on the power play in nine of its last 12 games.
  • The Stars have allowed 29 shots or fewer in 14 straight games. 
  • The Avalanche have allowed 29 shots or fewer in 11 of their last 13 games.
  • Colorado has allowed two goals or fewer in 11 of its last 14 games.
Team Stats
Category Dallas Stars Colorado Avalanche
Overall Record 41-24-5 36-26-6
Home 21-12-2 21-11-2
Away 20-12-3 15-15-4
Last 5 3-2-0 5-0-0
Streak Lost 2 Won 5
Goals Per Game 2.90 (9th) 2.66 (16th)
Goals Against Per Game 2.44 (7th) 2.62 (10th)
Shots Per Game 26.5 (27th) 28.8 (17th)
Shots Against Per Game 26.2 (4th) 27.2 (6th)
Shooting Percentage 10.9 (1st) 9.3 (18th)
Save Percentage 90.7 (13th) 90.4 (17th)
Power Play
Overall 18.2(10th)
Home 18.1 (13th)
Away 18.4 (11th)
Overall 13.2 (30th)
Home 15.1 (25th)
Away 11.1 (30th)
Penalty Kill
Overall 86.9 (1st)
Home 88.5 (2nd)
Away 85.5 (4th)
Overall 81.2 (19th)
Home 79.5 (27th)
Away 82.9 (11th)
Shorthanded Goals For 10 2
Shorthanded Goals Against 7 5
PP Chances Per Game 4.2 4.1
PP Chances Against Per Game 4.3 3.7
Faceoffs 50.3 (13th) 47.5 (28th)
Overtime Record 3-3 4-3
Shootout Record 5-2 5-3
Shootout Shooting Pct. 36.0 (9-25) 32.4 (11-34)
Shootout Save Pct. 73.1 (29-37) 72.7 (24-33)
Roster Statistics
Dallas Stars Colorado Avalanche
Average Height 6-1
Average Weight 200
Average Age 28.9
Average Height 6-1
Average Weight 204
Average Age 29.2
Player Statistics
Dallas Stars Colorado Avalanche
Pos Name GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SHG S
C Mike Ribeiro 67 27 48 75 23 32 7 0 96
LW Brenden Morrow 70 26 37 63 22 89 9 1 185
C Brad Richards 65 18 38 56 -26 15 9 1 232
C Mike Modano 70 18 30 48 -14 40 4 1 171
LW Niklas Hagman 70 25 12 37 6 49 4 4 150
D Sergei Zubov 46 4 31 35 6 12 2 0 84
RW Antti Miettinen 58 13 19 32 6 22 4 0 119
RW Jere Lehtinen 37 12 19 31 9 12 8 0 87
LW Loui Eriksson 57 12 14 26 5 22 3 0 91
D Matt Niskanen 67 6 17 23 17 32 1 0 86
C Steve Ott 64 10 10 20 0 128 0 1 79
D Trevor Daley 70 3 16 19 1 64 0 0 69
C Stu Barnes 67 8 10 18 -8 16 0 2 62
D Stephane Robidas 70 6 12 18 1 60 5 0 121
D Philippe Boucher 32 1 11 12 1 26 0 0 56
C Joel Lundqvist 46 2 7 9 -2 20 0 0 32
D Mattias Norstrom 54 1 7 8 -2 22 1 0 49
D Nicklas Grossman 53 0 7 7 6 20 0 0 30
RW Chris Conner 22 3 2 5 0 6 0 0 27
RW Krys Barch 41 1 2 3 -3 88 0 0 19
LW Brad Winchester 34 1 2 3 -7 42 0 0 33
D Mark Fistric 28 0 1 1 8 18 0 0 10
C Toby Petersen 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
RW B.J. Crombeen 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4
D Dan Jancevski 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 1
Name GPI Min GAA W L OTL ShO GA SA Sv%
Marty Turco 51 2986 2.31 29 15 4 2 115 1275 .910
Tobias Stephan 1 60 1.97 0 0 1 0 2 40 .950

Faceoffs

Player FOW FOL Tot FO%
Steve Ott 156 114 270 57.8
Stu Barnes 282 233 515 54.8
Mike Modano 479 489 968 49.5
Brad Richards 472 504 976 48.4
Joel Lundqvist 81 87 168 48.2
Mike Ribeiro 355 436 791 44.9
Pos Name GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SHG S
C Paul Stastny 53 20 35 55 15 22 3 0 118
LW Andrew Brunette 68 14 31 45 3 14 5 0 102
RW Milan Hejduk 63 21 21 42 3 34 7 1 165
LW Wojtek Wolski 65 15 26 41 7 12 4 0 139
RW Marek Svatos 62 26 11 37 13 32 3 0 140
LW Ryan Smyth 45 14 19 33 -4 28 2 0 144
C Tyler Arnason 56 8 20 28 2 16 1 0 146
D John-Michael Liles 67 3 24 27 -2 22 3 0 130
D Ruslan Salei 69 4 22 26 1 81 1 0 90
LW Jaroslav Hlinka 56 7 18 25 7 16 0 0 76
C Joe Sakic 30 9 16 25 -2 12 3 0 90
D Brett Clark 57 5 16 21 5 33 1 0 87
RW Ben Guite 65 9 10 19 2 45 0 0 89
D Scott Hannan 68 1 16 17 -7 51 0 0 63
RW Ian Laperriere 56 4 13 17 -3 109 0 0 60
D Adam Foote 68 1 15 16 3 99 0 1 58
D Jeff Finger 58 6 9 15 9 32 1 1 74
C T.J. Hensick 31 6 5 11 -4 2 4 0 52
D Jordan Leopold 38 3 8 11 7 18 0 0 30
LW Cody McLeod 35 3 5 8 -1 104 0 0 42
D Kurt Sauer 40 1 5 6 14 28 0 0 24
D Kyle Cumiskey 35 0 5 5 -3 16 0 0 18
RW Brad Richardson 22 2 3 5 -3 8 0 0 32
C Cody McCormick 34 2 2 4 5 46 0 0 42
C Wyatt Smith 25 0 3 3 -4 8 0 0 25
RW David Jones 13 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 11
D Johnny Boychuk 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
C Peter Forsberg 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
RW Scott Parker 24 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 5
Name GPI Min GAA W L OTL ShO GA SA Sv%
Jose Theodore 40 2306 2.37 21 17 2 2 91 1034 .912
Peter Budaj 32 1786 2.62 15 9 4 0 78 800 .903
Tyler Weiman 1 15 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.000

Faceoffs

Player FOW FOL Tot FO%
Paul Stastny 457 439 896 51.0
Joe Sakic 210 208 418 50.2
Ben Guite 332 351 683 48.6
Tyler Arnason 300 344 644 46.6
Jaroslav Hlinka 160 207 367 43.6
T.J. Hensick 108 148 256 42.2


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