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DALLAS — Jamie Benn needs to “feel” you, as Nuggets coach Michael Malone likes to say. Right between the ears. If the NHL won’t send a message to Benn, the Dallas Stars’ goon in green, then the Avalanche must. Starting with Game 3 Saturday night at Ball Arena. Legal hit? More like calculated assault.

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DALLAS — Stars coach Peter DeBoer called out his top scorers after Colorado’s stars fueled a wild Game 1 comeback win. They heard him. Miro Heiskanen scored twice, while Roope Hintz and Tyler Seguin broke out of slumps to propel Dallas to a 5-3 victory Thursday night in Game 2 at American Airlines Center.

Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s loss to Dallas in Game 2 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. 1. Too little, too late:  What’s crazier than a 3-0 comeback? A 4-0 one, naturally. Heck of a third period, but the Avs for about 43 minutes didn’t come close to matching the intensity of the Stars.

DALLAS — Devon Toews briefly left Game 2 of the Colorado Avalanche’s second-round series after a big hit from Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn early in the second period Thursday night. Toews went behind his own net to play the puck, and Benn converged with him from the other side and delivered a huge hit.

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