The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche battle in Game 6 of a Western Conference best-of-7, first-round series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Thursday.

Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s 6-2 loss to the Dallas Stars in Game 5 of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series.

It's not very often that you see two players from the same organization in the finalist announcement for individual accolades. This year, the Colorado Avalanche put on a season that defied the odds. With injuries galore,

Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche, and Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning were announced Wednesday morning as the finalists for the NHL’s Ted Lindsay Award, awarded annually “the most outstanding player as voted on by fellow members of the NHLPA.

Colorado Avalanche standout Nathan MacKinnon is in contention to repeat as the recipient of the Ted Lindsay Award.