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Tyler Seguin and Esa Lindell also scored for
the Stars, who held a 4-0 lead through two periods and hung on
for the victory. Goaltender Jake Oettinger made 28 saves,
including a handful when it was a one-goal game and during a
late Colorado power play.
Dallas also led 3-0 in the series opener but couldn't hold on.
"We have to keep playing the same way we were in the couple of
first periods," Heiskanen said. "If we sit back and give them
more time and space, they're a good team and they're going to
make you pay."
Joel Kiviranta, Brandon Duhaime and Valeri Nichushkin found the
net for the Avalanche, who had won five consecutive games.
Goalie Alexandar Georgiev stopped 26 shots.
Heiskanen's power-play goal opened the scoring 14:46 into the
contest and provided the Stars a much-needed lead. After taking
a cross-ice feed from Hintz, Heiskanen buried a one-timer.
Hintz doubled the lead 1:57 into the second period with his
second of the playoffs. Within a minute after Game 1 overtime
hero Miles Wood was denied on a partial breakaway, the Stars
enjoyed an odd-man rush that ended with Hintz burying a
sharp-angled shot.
Dallas coach Peter DeBoer said of Hintz and Seguin scoring,
"Those guys want to win and want to be difference makers.
They're used to being difference makers. It's critical those
guys started to scored. ... The right guys got on the board for
us."
Heiskanen's second power-play goal, at 15:54 of the middle
frame, extended the edge. Heiskanen had his point shot tick off
a defender's stick and into the top corner for his third of the
playoffs.
Seguin's short-handed goal at 18:06 of the second period made it
a 4-0 game. During an odd-man rush, Seguin buried a rebound
chance for his first of the postseason.
"The second period, for me, is where it fell apart," Avalanche
coach Jared Bednar said. "Just not sharp. Just go to the
penalties alone, two too-man-men-on-the-ice penalties and two
pucks-over-the-glass penalties. That's eight minutes in power
plays you're giving a really good power-play team.
"The rest of our execution and frustration kept building from
there. ... Just not disciplined. Too stubborn with the puck and
lacked the work needed to have success."
Colorado defenseman Cale Makar added, "A lot of those goals were
on us. Just unfortunate. They just kind of keep compounding like
that early in the game."
Kiviranta, who returned after missing the past three games, put
the Avalanche on the board at 4:06 of the third period when he
pounced on a rebound for his first of the playoffs.
Duhaime halved Colorado's deficit four minutes later when he
netted his first career playoff goal by joining a rush and
ripping a high shot.
Nichushkin netted his ninth of the playoffs to make it a
one-goal game with 3:44 remaining in regulation when a shot
banked off his leg.
Lindell's empty-net goal with 21 seconds remaining sealed
Dallas' victory.
--Field Level Media
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