Hintz decides as Stars edge Avalanche 3-2 in shootout

Stars win it in the shootout

Roope Hintz scored in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday at Ball Arena in Denver. Attendance was 18,107. Each team held a lead during regulation before the shootout decided it.

The result improves Dallas to 3-3-1 with 7 points, while Colorado falls to 4-2-1 with 9 points.

Even scoring in regulation

The first period was scoreless. Gabriel Landeskog gave the home team a 1-0 lead at 4:55 of the second period with a tip-in, assisted by Nazem Kadri and Sam Malinski. Miro Heiskanen tied it 1-1 at 15:03 with a wrist shot, assisted by Mikko Rantanen and Thomas Harley.

In the third period, Arttu Hyry put the Stars ahead 2-1 at 1:20 with an unassisted shorthanded backhand. Brock Nelson tied it at 8:21 with a wrist shot, assisted by Artturi Lehkonen and Kadri.

Each team scored once in the second period and once in the third, and overtime was scoreless.

Shootout decides the outcome

Jason Robertson scored in the first round of the shootout for Dallas, and Kadri answered with a backhand for Colorado in the second. Neither team scored in the third round. Hintz then scored with a wrist shot, and Casey DeSmith stopped Nelson.

For Dallas, Heiskanen had one goal and Rantanen one assist, and DeSmith made 25 saves. For Colorado, Nelson and Landeskog each scored, Kadri had two assists and Scott Wedgewood made 20 saves.

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