WHO: Colorado Avalanche (42-20-8, second in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. Dallas Stars (37-24-8, third in the Central Division during the regular season)
WHAT: Western Conference second round; Dallas leads series 2-0
WHEN: 8:30 p.m. Wednesday (NBC Sports, Altitude, KRSJ 100.5 FM)
Where: Rogers Center, Edmonton, Alberta
BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars take on the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference second round with a 2-0 lead in the series. The teams meet Wednesday for the seventh time this season. The Stars won the last meeting 5-2.
The Stars are 22-12-6 in conference games. Dallas has converted on 21.1% of power-play opportunities, scoring 42 power-play goals.
The Avalanche are 10-8-2 against the rest of their division. Colorado averages 9.1 points per game to lead the Western Conference, recording 3.4 goals and 5.7 assists per game.
Stars: Tyler Seguin leads the Stars with 33 assists and has 50 points this season. Denis Gurianov has six goals and two assists over the last 10 games for Dallas.
Avalanche: Ryan Graves leads the Avalanche with a plus-40 in 69 games this season. Nathan MacKinnon has seven goals and 11 assists over the last 10 games for Colorado.
Stars: Averaging 3.2 goals, 5.4 assists, 3.7 penalties and 7.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game with a .909 save percentage.
Avalanche: Averaging 3.6 goals, 6.5 assists, 3.5 penalties and 7.0 penalty minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game with a .908 save percentage.
Stars: Stephen Johns: out (undisclosed), Ben Bishop: out (undisclosed).
Avalanche: Matt Calvert: out (undisclosed), Philipp Grubauer: out indefinitely (leg), Erik Johnson: out indefinitely (undisclsoed).
Associated Press
