I’m expecting Robertson rallying back and tallying up the shots column in Game 2. He paced the Stars in shots (231) and attempts (477) during the regular season and registered three or more shots in six of seven games dating back to the regular season before this recent three-game disappearing act. Big D head coach Pete DeBoer threw his lines in the blender and called out his struggling scorers following Tuesday’s Game 1 loss, but Robertson still paced Dallas forwards in ice time (26:06). The winger's go-to gig isn’t in jeopardy, which also includes being a primary shooter on the No. 1 power-play unit.
The Colorado winger has scored in all six playoff games and is priced as short as +140 in some places. He can score many ways and with the Stars running basically five defensemen, the hulking forward is a tough matchup for a tired Dallas blueline that crumbled in Game 1. His chances of scoring are the same rate as Edmonton's Zach Hyman in my opinion right now but at 60 points better. It's a great price for what might be a coinflip if Colorado scores three or more goals.
The Avs have scored at least five goals in each game so far in the postseason and the power play is scoring at 44%. They've made some of the best goalies in the league look silly and another 4+ goals are in store tonight. The Stars are coming off a 7-game series which wore them down and it showed late in the opening game of this series as the Stars blew a 3-0 first-period lead. Dallas is also rolling out a 5-man defensive rotation as Nils Lundkvist is barely playing. He played just over four minutes in Game 1. This Colorado offense is going to exploit a tired Dallas defense again today and keeping the visitors off the scoreboard will be impossible.