Necas Scores Twice, Blackwood Shines as Avalanche Defeats Stars 3-2

Two Points in Texas

Martin Necas' two goals and Mackenzie Blackwood's 24 saves helped the Avalanche win 3-2 against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Tuesday. Artturi Lehkonen scored for Colorado, while Nathan MacKinnon posted two assists. 

With the win, the Avalanche improved to 4-2-0.

How It Happened

Mackenzie Blackwood made several key saves early in the first period, including on Tyler Seguin and Colin Blackwell's shots from the slot at 1:47 and 7:18, respectively.

The Avs opened the scoring at 11:32 of the first period when Lehkonen scored his fourth goal of the season via a backhand shot from the slot.

With the teams playing at four-on-four, Blackwood kept the Avs in front with a save on Artu Hyry's right-circle shot off the rush.

Seguin tied the game with a power-play goal at 19:06 of the first period when his pass from above the left goal line deflected into the net.

After series of silky maneuvers capped off by a spin move from Necas, he gave the Avs a 2-1 lead at 3:05 of the second period with his third goal of the season via a one-timer from the high slot set up by MacKinnon's backhand feed.

Necas doubled Colorado's lead on a five-on-three power play with his second goal of the game and fifth of the season at 16:14 of the middle frame via a one-timer from the right doorstep after receiving Gabriel Landeskog's feed.

Blackwood kept Colorado ahead by two late in the middle frame with a glove save on Sam Steel's breakaway at 17:37 and a stop on Justin Hryckowian's one-timer from the slot at 19:36.

At 3:17 of the third period, Roope Hintz scored for Dallas to make it 3-2 via a left-circle shot.

Noah Juulsen made a huge block when he denied Jamie Benn's one-timer from the high slot at 13:44 of the final frame.

Next Up

The Avalanche hosts the Stars on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. MDT on TNT, truTV, HBO Max, Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM and the Altitude Sports Radio App.