The decisive moment arrived in the fourth round of the shootout, when Roope Hintz scored with a wrist shot to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Ball Arena in Denver. The game was tied 2-2 after regulation and overtime.
The win moved the Stars to 3-3-1 with 7 points. The Avalanche fell to 4-2-1 with 9 points.
Neither team scored in the first period. Gabriel Landeskog broke through at 4:55 of the second period with his second goal of the season, a tip-in assisted by Nazem Kadri and Sam Malinski, to give Colorado a 1-0 lead.
Miro Heiskanen tied it 1-1 at 15:03 with his third goal of the season, a wrist shot assisted by Mikko Rantanen and Thomas Harley. The second period ended tied.
Dallas took the lead 1:20 into the third period when Arttu Hyry scored his first goal of the season, an unassisted shorthanded backhand, to make it 2-1. Brock Nelson tied it at 8:21 with his third goal of the season, a wrist shot assisted by Artturi Lehkonen and Kadri. Overtime was scoreless.
