
DENVER — The Dallas Stars are off to the Western Conference final for the second year in a row, and it’s hard to imagine their journey not reaching the Stanley Cup Final with the kind of hockey they continue to play.
Matt Duchene, the former Avalanche first-round pick, scored in double overtime, after a net-front scramble, to eliminate the Avalanche with a 2-1 victory, one period after Duchene was at the center of controversy.
There was high drama in the first overtime period, when Dallas’ Mason Marchment had a goal waved off when on-ice officials ruled that Duchene had made contact...