Dallas Stars in familiar hole after 6th Game 1 1oss. Avs look to put them down 0-2 again

The Dallas Stars are in an all-too familiar hole. This is their sixth consecutive playoff series over three postseasons, the fourth at home, that they go into Game 2 after losing the opener. “It's not ideal, we know that. And it's definitely not the plan,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said Wednesday. “You’re kind of playing with fire when you put yourself in that position enough,” forward Joe Pavelski said. When they play Game 2 of their second-round Western Conference series against Colorado on Thur