It was a familiar sight as the Dallas Stars came together to celebrate a victory at the end of Friday's game against the Colorado Avalanche. In the first game between the two teams since Dallas eliminated Colorado in Game 6 of last year's second round playoff series,

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,

The Colorado Avalanche visit the Dallas Stars after the Avalanche defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 in a shootout.

On the flip side, the Colorado Avalanche are winning games as they’re 8-4-0 in their last 12, but the pucks are still going in against them, which seems to be a common trend for this team. In those 12 games, the Avs are both allowing and scoring 3.17 goals per game.

Two Central Division teams with similar records tangle on Friday night in Dallas. The Avalanche have won seven of their last nine games.