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Avalanche seek sixth win in seven games vs. Stars

Dec 27, 2006 - 3:26 PM Dallas (23-14-0) at Colorado (18-15-2) 9:00 pm EST

DENVER (Ticker) -- Life in the Northwest Division means never taking a night off for the Colorado Avalanche.

The Avalanche go for their sixth victory in seven outings and fifth in a row at home Wednesday when they host the Dallas Stars.

Colorado is in a three-way tie with the Edmonton Oilers and the Minnesota Wild for the top spot in the tightly-packed division race. The Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames both are just one point off the lead.

Wojtek Wolski scored two goals for his first multi-goal contest of the campaign and captain Joe Sakic added a tally and an assist for the Avalanche in Saturday's 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Dallas opened December with four wins in five games but has not matched that consistency since then. The Stars have dropped four of their past seven contests and have fallen 16 points behind the red-hot Anaheim Ducks in the Pacific Division.

Stu Barnes scored his fifth goal of the season for Dallas, which yielded a pair of power-play tallies in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Dallas has won both meetings against Colorado this season - including a 5-4 triumph on November 20 - and has taken the last three road matchups against the Avalanche.