The Avalanche’s hopes of returning to the Stanley Cup ended late Friday evening, as they went down 2-1 in second time beyond regulation to the Dallas Stars.

Former Av’s participant Matt Duchene scored the game-winning purpose to permit the Dallas Stars to advance to the Western Convention remaining

Duchene, who began his skilled profession in Denver, secured a free puck in entrance of the web and despatched it over a sprawled out Alexandar Georgiev. Duchene took off down the ice and slid on his knees in celebration.

Dallas will face both Edmonton or Vancouver subsequent. It’s the second straight journey to the convention remaining for the Stars, who misplaced final season to eventual Stanley Cup champion Vegas. The Stars received their solely Stanley Cup title in 1999.

This was a collection by which the highway workforce received 5 of six video games, together with the Stars taking all three in Denver. The Avalanche had been the highest house workforce within the common season, whereas the Stars had the very best highway file.

After profitable the Stanley Cup two years in the past, the Avalanche ended this season 50-25-7.