What happens if Avalanche lose, win or tie vs Stars tonight? Colorado hosts Dallas in decisive Game 6

The Colorado Avalanche return back home to Mile High City, awaiting the Dallas Stars‘ visit to Ball Arena. Ahead of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round, what happens if the Avalanche lose, win or tie against the Stars?

The Avalanche has failed to build a fortress at Ball Arena, where they have otherwise been almost invincible all season long. The Stars have had no respect for the Avs’ home, kicking down the door and throwing their feet on the table. Colorado will vye to avenge their Game 5 loss, after being dismantled by Dallas during their latest visit to the Lone Star State, but it’s clear momentum appears to be in their opponent’s side.

Regardless, the Avalanche have enough firepower, confidence, and experience to flip the script and keep their head afloat as they navigate through turbulent waters, with their NHL season hanging on by a thread.

What happens if the Avalanche lose to the Stars?

If Colorado falls to Dallas in Game 6, the jam-packed crowd at Ball Arena will leave the building in dismay and sorrow, as the Avalanche will be eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It would cast a dark cloud over Gabriel Landeskog’s miraculous return—a moment the team had hoped would spark a magical postseason run.

Mikko Rantanen of the Dallas Stars will hope to eliminate his former team, the Colorado Avalanche, in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round.

What happens if Colorado wins in Game 6?

If the Avalanche prevail over the visiting Stars, then NHL fans will hear the greatest two words in all of sports: Game 7. A win would keep Colorado’s season alive, as they would shift the series back to Dallas for a pivotal, win-or-go-home showdown at American Airlines Centre on May 3.

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What happens if Colorado and Dallas tie?

If the game remains tied at the end of regulation, the winner will be decided through sudden-death overtime. The first team to score wins the game, and there is no shootout round nor 3-on-3 hockey.

Instead, 20-minute periods of 5-on-5 hockey will be played to find a victor, if the game is tied after the first overtime period, another will follow after a 15-minute intermission. And so on, until the deadlock is broken and the celebrations unravel on the ice for the winning side.