It was an emotional night in the Ball Arena, with a player who recently achieved the game winner from a long absence in the extension.

This player was Dalla’s stars striker Tyler Seguin, and the Colorado Avalanche is now back in this Stanley Cup Playoffs series.

Seguin, who missed 58 games after a hip surgery, achieved 5:31 in the extension on Wednesday evening to promote the avalanches with 2-1 and take on a 2-1 lead in this best-of-Seven series.

Dallas has led a total of 62 seconds in the regulation in the series, but won in the last two games in extra time.

“We knew it would not be easy,” said AVS coach Jared Bednar. “We play one of the top teams in the league. It is a slug-proof. So we went in there and won game 1, they have won game 2. Now they came here, have won game 1 (in Denver). Now it is up to us to win game two. It is a series with seven games for a certain reason.”

The Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog returned to the line -up for the first time since June 26, 2022. The day when Colorado won the Stanley Cup against the Tampa Bay Lightning was Seguin who was the hero. Mason Marchment, who started overtime in the penalty area, used Seguin on the hurry.

Marchment made a double minor for high -stained Brock Nelson with 39.5 seconds that remain in the regulation. There was more than three minutes of Power Play time to start overtime. Artturi Lehkonen had a great chance that Jake Oettinger was out of position, but the defender Esa Lindell made the night of the night and blocked the shot with his hand.

Colorado went 0 for 6 on the power play.

“We are just about to start putting pucks on the net,” said AV’s defender Cale Makar. “I think we saw it there at the end of the third period with 30 seconds. I felt that we created some good chances and then also at the end of the power play in extra time. I also have the feeling that we would create opportunities, we just have to pass more with it.”

This game was a close defensive fight, especially with the same strength.

Valeri Nichushkin had the only goal of the opening time. With Ryan Lindgren and Mikko Rantannen in the box, Nichushkin used a screen from Nelson, on which Nikola Jokic would be proud to free defenders Thomas Harley from Stars and to create a wide -open trail to the net for his first goal of 8:09.

Dallas bound this competition in the middle of the third period after successive punishments in Colorado. The Avalanche killed a Lehkonen violation, but 10 seconds after Nathan Mackinnon went into the box to disturb the hero Colin Blackwell in Center ICE in the game. This game was 1-1.

The stars Captain Jamie Benn managed the puck from the high slot according to AVS goalkeeper Mackenzie Blackwood at 9:18 a.m.

Despite the electrical atmosphere and the return of the captain, the AVS probably had their worst period in the series. Nichushkin’s destination gave Colorado the lead, but Blackwood’s 14 parades were huge.

The start of this night was the cinematic sports theater. Landeskog came from the changing room at the beginning of the prelude before the game to roar, which resembled the first Bell toll of the undertaker entrance in Wrestlemania.

There were “land -related” chants, a round around the ice before the rest of the AVS skaters joined him and the fans were warmed up in the seats and corridors in the sections near Colorado.