The Avalanche offense woke up last game. That spells trouble for Dallas tonight. They also solved the Stars goalie, making Oettinger look human. Confidence restored and back on home ice, Colorado will win again and force a 7th game.

Much was made of Valeri Nichushkin's absence from the Colorado lineup. He'd been scoring a lot of goals and is now in the player's assistance program. The Colorado offense was fine without him though. A bigger deal proved to be the absence of the Stars' Roope Hintz. Dallas first-line center was helping play a big part in slowing down the first line of Colorado.

Colorado's Cale Makar said this, after scoring twice in the Game 5 win: "Do-or-die games from here on out in this series. You're playing desperate hockey now. Everybody's got to play on the edge. You've got to fight for every single chance you're getting now (with) it being an elimination game." This series is going back to Dallas!