Stars 2, Avalanche 3
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Dec 29, 1996 at McNichols Sports Arena.
Top performers
Mike Modano had 1 goal for the Stars.
Arturs Irbe made 18 saves on 21 shots for the Stars.
Eric Lacroix had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Avalanche.
Patrick Roy made 21 saves on 23 shots for the Avalanche.
Before and after
- Stars · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 27, 1996: BOS 4, DAL 6 · Next Dec 30, 1996: NYR 3, DAL 2
- Avalanche · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 28, 1996: COL 5, LA 2 · Next Dec 31, 1996: COL 4, CHI 1
Other Stars vs Avalanche games
| Apr 11, 1997 |  COL at  DAL | 2-1 | Regular |
| Feb 27, 1997 | DAL at COL | 6-2 | Regular |
| Oct 5, 1996 | COL at DAL | 1-4 | Regular |
| Apr 4, 2026 | COL at DAL | 2-0 | Regular |
| Mar 18, 2026 | DAL at COL | 2-1 | Regular |
| Mar 6, 2026 | COL at DAL | 5-4 | Regular |
