When Stars coach Pete DeBoer decided his lineup for Game 1 of the first-round playoff series against Colorado, he pulled Colin Blackwell aside. “I told him, ‘Be ready, you’re not gonna be out long,’” DeBoer said.

Evgenii Dadonov poked in a Wyatt Johnston rebound while getting cross-checked by Joel Kiviranta midway through the third period, the Stars killed off a Mikko Rantanen penalty in the final minutes of regulation,