DALLAS—Craig Anderson made 48 saves, Paul Stastny scored twice, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat Dallas 5-3 on Sunday, dealing another blow to the Stars’ playoff chances.
Brandon Segal scored twice in a span of 1 minute and 22 seconds of the second period to give the Stars a 3-2 lead.
Stastny and Chris Stewart answered with goals during a stretch of 2 minutes and 41 seconds of the second to put Colorado in front.
Stastny and Tucker scored second-period power-play goals. Colorado is 8 for 20 with the man-advantage over the past six games.
Colorado is 21-11-4 when it scores at least one power-play goal.
Stastny’s goal from beyond the right circle at 12:23 of the third period pushed the Avs’ lead to 5-3.
Milan Hejduk added a goal for the Avalanche, 4-3-0 since the Olympic break to maintain their runner-up spot behind Vancouver in the Northwest Division.
Jamie Benn added a goal, and Mark Fistric had two assists for the Stars, 1-5-1 since the break.
Hejduk’s wrist shot from the right circle got through Dallas goaltender Marty Turco’s pads to give Colorado a 1-0 lead at 10:19 of the opening period.
Benn drew the Stars even at 1 at 14:31 of the first period, shoveling a shot into an open net off a centering pass from James Neal.
Tucker put Colorado in front 2-1 at 4:28 of the second period on a one-timer from the slot with 34 seconds left on a tripping penalty to Dallas’ Trevor Daley.
Segal’s goal 1 minute and 31 seconds later tied it, and he gave Dallas the lead at 7:21 on a one-timer from the top of the right circle.
Stastny’s power-play deflection at 11:05 of the second period made it a 3-all game, and Stewart’s wraparound at 13:46 gave the Avalanche a 4-3 edge despite Dallas’ 20-12 shots advantage in the period.
At that point, Stars coach Marc Crawford replaced Turco with Kari Lehtonen, playing his third game since being acquired in a trade with Atlanta on Feb. 9.
NOTES: The Stars were playing the second game of a six-game homestand. … Stewart has four goals in four games against Dallas this season. … Stars D Nicklas Grossman (back) missed his fourth straight game. … Colorado C Stephane Yelle and LW Cody McCloud sustained leg injuries in the first period and did not return. … The Avs are also without D Ruslan Salei (tolrso), RW Brandon Yip (shoulder) and RW David Jones (knee). … Segal, claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 11, has four goals and two assists in his past six games. … The game wasn’t televised in Dallas-Fort Worth, breaking a streak of 1,101 Stars games (including playoffs) that had been available on local TV. It was originally scheduled as an NBC “flex” game, but the network decided to show Washington-Chicago instead and no local station picked up the game.
