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The Colorado Avalanche head home with the hope of taking firm command of their conference quarterfinal set tonight when they welcome the Dallas Stars to the Pepsi Center for Game 3.
The Avs posted a 5-2 win in Saturday's Game 1, before Monday's 5-4 overtime tilt. In Game 2, Joe Sakic scored 4:36 into overtime to lift the seventh seed, as the Colorado captain netted his NHL-record seventh career overtime winner in the playoffs..
Milan Hejduk posted a goal and three assists while Brett Clark forced overtime with a late third-period marker for the Avalanche. Goaltender Jose Theodore made 21 saves in the victory.
Colorado won Monday's game after blowing a 3-0 lead and falling behind 4-3.
Jere Lehtinen had a pair of tallies and Mike Modano added a goal and an assist for Dallas, while goaltender Marty Turco allowed five goals on 23 shots.
The Avalanche enter Game 3 with history on their side, as they are 12-2 in playoff sets when winning the first two games.
The Stars' franchise, meanwhile, has been down two games to none 11 times, and have won only one of those series. The lone occurrence came in 1968 -- the Minnesota North Stars' first-ever postseason.
Dallas hopes to carry over its strong road play from the regular season to get back in this series. The Stars were 25-12-4 away from home in 2005-06, setting a franchise mark for away victories.
Game 4 will be played Friday at the Pepsi Center.
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