Blues center Robert Thomas ended the regular season on a 12-game point streak, in which he had 25 points (four goals, 21 assists). He picked up where he left off against the Jets, scoring the first goal of the NHL playoffs, a power-play goal for a 1-0 lead.

Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado’s strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 in the opener of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Saturday night.