DENVER (Interstat) — The Dallas Stars will visit the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday in a National Hockey League game at Ball Arena in Denver. Dallas enters with a 2-4 record, while Colorado is 4-2. The Stars are the visiting team, and the Avalanche will have home ice.

Colorado won the most recent meeting between the teams, defeating Dallas 3-2. Martin Necas scored two goals for the Avalanche in that game. Goaltender MacKenzie Blackwood made 24 saves, and Nathan MacKinnon recorded two assists. Dallas received a goal and an assist from Tyler Seguin, who also put seven shots on goal. Roope Hintz scored and had five penalty minutes. Miro Heiskanen added two assists, one shot and one hit.

Seguin is a player to watch for Dallas. In addition to his goal and assist against Colorado, he scored at Pittsburgh and has been among the Stars’ most active shooters. His recent games include a four-shot effort and six penalty minutes against St. Louis, three shots at Nashville, two shots against San Jose and one hit at Pittsburgh. Dallas will need Seguin’s offense as it tries to solve a Colorado team that has started the season with four wins in six games.

Necas is a key player for Colorado. He scored twice in the most recent meeting and has been productive throughout the early schedule. He also had two goals and an assist against St. Louis, an assist against Toronto and an assist against Los Angeles. MacKinnon remains a central playmaker for the Avalanche, while Blackwood’s play in net helped secure the recent win over Dallas. MacKinnon had two assists and two shots in that game. Blackwood stopped 24 of 26 shots.

Dallas has had mixed results. The Stars earned a 5-0 home win over San Jose and a 4-0 road win at Buffalo, but they have also suffered losses to Pittsburgh, Nashville, St. Louis and Colorado. Colorado’s early schedule includes wins over Dallas, Calgary, St. Louis and Los Angeles, along with losses to Toronto and Winnipeg.

The game is part of the teams’ early-season schedule. Dallas will continue its road trip before returning home for a stretch of games. Colorado will remain at home before heading out on the road. Both teams are looking to establish consistency in the NHL’s opening weeks. Dallas’ upcoming schedule includes games against Chicago, Boston, Winnipeg, the New York Islanders, New Jersey, Montreal, Columbus, Washington and San Jose. Colorado’s next games include Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Tampa Bay, Nashville, Calgary, Chicago, Columbus and Nashville again.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Colorado 3, Dallas 2. Interstat’s ELO system gives Colorado a 60.2 percent probability to win.