DENVER, Colo. — There’s been no shortage of heart-stopping moments in the Dallas Stars’ series against the Colorado Avalanche so far.

Dallas pulled off another thrilling, come-from-behind overtime victory, taking down Colorado 2-1 at Ball Arena in Denver on Wednesday night.

Despite Colorado beginning the overtime period with 3:21 of power play time, Dallas’ penalty kill capped off a flawless night, preventing the Avalanche from scoring, including a blocked shot by Esa Lindell that saved the goal. It allowed Mason Marchment, who had committed the penalty late in regulation, to set up Tyler Seguin for the game winner.

The Stars hold a 2-1 series lead and have now won their last four playoff games at Ball Arena going back to last season.

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Here are five thoughts from the win:

Stars complete comeback, again

The Stars entered the third period trailing but came away with the win for the second straight game.

Colorado shut out Dallas for two and a half periods Wednesday night, but back-to-back power plays midway through the third period opened the door for Jamie Benn to get his team on the board.

The goal forced overtime for the second consecutive game in this series, where Seguin cashed in for the game winner.

Through three games, the Stars have led for just 1:02 of the series. They’ve sacrificed the first goal in all three contests.

Their best chance to take a lead and hold it was in the early minutes of Wednesday’s contest. The Stars were dominant in the first period, outshooting Colorado 4-0 in the opening minutes and 14-5 in the frame. They had over a 67% expected goals percentage in the period.

But still, the Avalanche held a 1-0 lead at the first intermission.

The Stars were 19-15-2 when trailing first in the regular season and 31-11-4 when scoring first. While they’ve managed to pull off thrilling comebacks twice, they’ll have to stop putting themselves into early deficits each night to win this series.

Questionable officiating, penalties

Officiating may not win or lose a series, but through the first three games, and especially Wednesday night, it didn’t help the Stars to start.

Just over six minutes into the game, the Stars were awarded a power play after Ryan Lindgren was called for cross-checking on Wyatt Johnston. But just 17 seconds into the power play, Mikko Rantanen was called for a phantom trip, sending the game to over 90 seconds of 4-on-4.

The Avalanche, with their speed, have the advantage in 4-on-4 and capitalized. Former Stars player Val Nichushkin gave his team a 1-0 advantage with a 1-on-1 chance against Jake Oettinger wide open in the slot.

But how he ended up there was the problem.

His teammate Brock Nelson cut off Thomas Harley’s path while defending Nichushkin on the play. It was arguably an illegal pick and could’ve been called for interference, negating the goal.

The missed interference call paired with the unnecessary call on Rantanen resulted in what could’ve been a two-goal swing and gave the Avalanche the lead.

The Stars haven’t helped themselves either in terms of penalties, taking five Wednesday, including a costly double minor by Mason Marchment for high-sticking with under a minute in regulation. But the penalty kill came up big, going a perfect 6 for 6 against Colorado’s lethal power play. Colorado had a chance at an empty net in overtime, but Lindell blocked the shot to save the goal.

Jamie Benn snaps scoring drought

The Stars captain may not have scored goal No. 400, but his goal Wednesday night meant more. Only regular-season goals count toward those milestones.

Benn went 19 games without a goal dating to March 8 but scored the equalizer with just over 10 minutes remaining in regulation. He deflected Thomas Harley’s shot just 10 seconds into the Stars’ power play for his first goal of the playoffs.

The Stars need more contributions from all of their forward lines, so Benn’s goal was a good start at getting different players involved.

The captain now has 28 goals in 105 career playoff games.

Both goalies have standout nights

Through three games, both Jake Oettinger and Mackenzie Blackwood have been among the highlights of the series.

One goalie with years of playoff experience on Dallas’ side and the other with just three games now, the two netminders kept their teams in it at different times Wednesday.

Blackwood did so early, weathering Dallas’ 14-5 shot advantage in the first period. Oettinger did so in the second and third periods when Colorado looked to extend its lead, as well as on the penalty kill.

In regulation, the only goal Oettinger allowed was when Nichushkin had him 1-on-1. Blackwood only allowed a perfect deflection by Benn.

The two netminders have made it difficult on all of the offensive weapons in the series.

Landeskog’s return a highlight

It had been nearly three years since Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog played in an NHL game. His last appearance with the Avs was during their 2022 Stanley Cup run.

After teasing his return throughout the series, Landeskog made it on home ice at Ball Arena, sending the crowd into a frenzy, chanting his name all night.

His former teammates Matt Duchene and Rantanen spoke at morning skate about the moment being bigger than hockey, congratulating their friend on his perseverance.

The Stars knew it could provide the Avalanche a big boost, but they managed to bring the energy to match it early in the game, dominating the first few minutes before the Nichushkin goal.

Landeskog drew the praise of the crowd from his first shift when he laid a hit on Rantanen, his former linemate.

The Avs captain finished with six hits and a block in 13:16 of ice time.

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