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Joonas Donskoi got a taste of the goal in the hockey NHL on Wednesday. Donskoin Colorado Avalanche defeated Dallas Stars 4-0.
Colorado has now won both matches in the Western Conference standings. The Avalanche previously beat the St. Louis Blues. Colorado is still facing the Vegas Golden Knights. In the ranking series, positions 1-4 on the western playoff chart will be decided.
Newcomer Cale Makar took Colorado 1-0 lead with superiority. Donskoi increased Avalanche’s lead in the second half of the opening round after knocking back a backlash from defender Samuel Girard’s blue-back shot to the net.
Mikko Rantanen (0 + 1) paved the way for Vladislav Namestnikov’s 3-0 hit. Donskoi (1 + 1) still helped in the last goal of the fight. Colorado gate guard Pavel Francouz stopped all 27 Texas shots.
Dallas have lost both matches in the standings. Stars used to bow to Vegas. Dallas is still facing St. Louis.
Dallas ’lineup lacked No. 1 goalkeeper Ben Bishop and defender John Klingberg.
DALLAS – COLORADO 0-4 (0-2.0-1.0-1)
0-1 Cale Makar (Gabriel Landeskog, Nazem Kadri) yv 3:19
0-2 Joonas Donskoi (Samuel Girard, Andre Burakovsky) 15:29
0-3 Vladislav Namestnikov (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen) 37:30
0-4 Andre Burakovsky (Samuel Girard, Joonas Donskoi) yv 41:31
Goalkeepers
DAL: 40 shots / 37 fights by Anton Khudob
COL: Pavel Francouz 27/27
Miro Heiskanen, Dallas 0 + 0, -1, 0, 1, 21:42
Roope Hintz, Dallas 0 + 0, 0, 2, 0, 14:15
Joel Kiviranta, Dallas not in lineup
Esa Lindell, Dallas 0 + 0, -2, 2, 2, 26:36
Joonas Donskoi, Colorado 1 + 1, +1, 0, 2, 11:56
Mikko Rantanen, Colorado 0 + 1, +1, 0, 3, 20:33
In Finnish statistics, goals + passes, plus minus, cooling minutes, shots and playing time.
Joonas Donskoi painted – Colorado reset Dallas