New Colorado goalie Mackenzie Blackwood is already having a big impact on the Avalanche in their eighth consecutive postseason.

Blackwood stopped 23 shots in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, helping the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-1 victory in Game 1 of its opening-round series Saturday night against the Dallas Stars at

DALLAS – Colin Blackwell scored at 17:46 of overtime to lift the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 win against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2 of the Western Conference First Round at American Airlines Center on Monday.