The Avalanche lost 5-3 to the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Friday. Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen, and Mikko Rantanen scored for Colorado, while Cale Makar added two assists. Tyler Seguin opened put Dallas on the board first at 5:36 of the opening period on the power play with a left-circle shot.

Mason Marchment had two goals and an assist and Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist each as the host Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Friday night.

Mason Marchment had two goals and an assist as the Dallas Stars held on to beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Friday night. Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist each and Roope Hintz also scored for Dallas,

DALLAS — Season-long issues, both in the Colorado Avalanche’s control and not, were big problems again Friday night.

Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, and Artturi Lehkonen and Valeri Nichushkin also scored for the Avalanche in the loss.

The Dallas Stars face the Colorado Avalanche Friday night at American Airlines Center for the first time this season. Entering Friday's match, the Stars are 13-8-0 while the Avalanche are 13-10-0. The teams face each other two more times this season, both in Colorado, on Jan. 18 and March 16.

The Dallas Stars (13-8-0) face the Colorado Avalanche (13-10-0) at home on Friday in a nationally televised Central Division clash. Dallas is looking to bounce back after suffering back-to-back losses to Carolina and Chicago in which the Stars gave up a combined 12 goals against.