Gabriel Landeskog scored his first goal in nearly three years and added an assist and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 4-0 in Denver on Saturday night to even their playoff series.Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 23 shots in Game 4 for his first career playoff shutout.Nathan MacKinnon, Logan O’Connor and Samuel Girard also scored and Brock Nelson had two assists for Colorado, which bounced back from two overtime losses to Dallas in the Western Conference best-of-seven, opening-round series.Jake Oettinger turned away 31 shots through two periods but was replaced by Casey DeSmith to begin the third. DeSmith made 13 saves for the Stars.Game 5 is Monday night in Dallas.Landeskog missed 1,032 days with a right knee injury that required multiple surgeries, and he returned to the ice in Wednesday’s Game 3. It was his first NHL game since June 26, 2022, and Saturday night he scored his first goal in 1,041 days.Nelson carried the puck down the left boards and slid a pass to the slot to Landeskog, who wristed a shot over Oettinger’s left shoulder at 13:10 of the second period. His teammates swarmed him and the home crowd became raucous in celebration.
