The Dallas Stars got elite goaltending from Jake Oettinger and some timely goals in a 5-4 shootout win against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena on Saturday.

On a busy night in the National Hockey League, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche get set for a marquee matchup. Both teams entered the 2025-26 season with expectations to be postseason contenders, with the Avalanche hoping they can put things together to make a deep run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Stars do make things interesting. For the second consecutive game, the lads in Victory Green wandered into a foreign barn and grabbed two points against a highly-ranked opponent. But Saturday’s 5-4 shootout win over Colorado was a little different ...

Wyatt Johnston got the shootout winner and had three assists to give the host Dallas Stars a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.

The Colorado Avalanche replaced Mikko Rantanen with Martin Necas on Nathan MacKinnon's wing, and it's working wonders for the 26-year-old.

The Colorado Avalanche have signed star forward Martin Necas to an eight-year extension, with an $11.5 million average annual value. The new contract extension was first reported by Elliotte Friedman.

Cale Makar and Matt Duchene will be two of the most exciting players to watch when the Colorado Avalanche face the Dallas Stars at Ball Arena on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 9 p.m. ET. Here's everything you need to know about the Avalanche-Stars game, from the ...

Nečas’ AAV will put him second on the Avalanche to superstar center Nathan McKinnon ($12.6 million AAV), who signed an eight-year, $100.8 million extension in 2022. Nečas is finishing up a two-year, $6.5 million AAV deal he signed with the Carolina Hurricanes in July 2024.