Game 5 between the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars will take place Monday, April 28, with puck drop set for 9:30 p.m. ET from American Airlines Center in Dallas. The series is tied 2-2 after four games, and each side has been able to snag a road victory so far. The Avalanche took the opener in Dallas before the Stars pulled off overtime victories in Games 2 and 3. Colorado was dominant in Game 4, with Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog both scoring in a 4-0 win.
The Avalanche are -140 favorites (risk $140 to win $100) on the money line in the latest SportsLine consensus odds, while the Stars are +118 (risk $100 to win $118) home underdogs. The total is set at 6.
MacKinnon started off the series with a bang, scoring two goals and logging an assist in a 5-1 win for Colorado in Game 1. He managed just one combined goal across Games 2 and 3 before scoring in a Game 4 victory. Despite having a somewhat down year with just 32 goals in the regular season, the Avalanche star finished with more than 100 points for a third consecutive campaign thanks to his 84 assists, which was tied for the best in the league. Which version of MacKinnon will show up Monday for Colorado in a pivotal Game 5?
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