The Dallas Stars advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs, beating the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in Game 7.Mikko Rantanen assisted on Wyatt Johnston's tiebreaking power-play goal with 3:56 left before completing a third-period hat trick with an empty-netter as the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in Game 7 on Saturday night to wrap up the first-round Western Conference playoff series.

The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche squared off in a winner-take-all Game 7 matchup on Saturday night in their Stanley Cup Playoffs series.

The Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars meet in Game 7 of their Western Conference best-of-7, first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Saturday.