The first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs is officially underway.

The Winnipeg Jets and St. Louis Blues were a minute and a half from overtime when Kyle Connor brought Canada Life Centre to its feet with a late game-winner on Saturday.

Later that night, a Nathan MacKinnon power-play goal made the difference as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center.

Here’s a look at tonight’s results, the upcoming schedule and the top highlights from Saturday night’s games.

Stanley Cup Playoffs results: Saturday, April 19

Winnipeg Jets 5, St. Louis Blues 3 (WPG leads 1-0)

Colorado Avalanche 5, Dallas Stars 1 (COL leads 1-0)

Stanley Cup Playoffs schedule: Sunday, April 20

New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes, Game 1: 3 p.m. ET

Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs, Game 1: 7 p.m. ET

Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights, Game 1: 10 p.m. ET

Winnipeg Jets 5, St. Louis Blues 3

Fans in Winnipeg and St. Louis could be in for a high-scoring series.

Game 1 of the first-round series started with a four-goal first period after Robert Thomas opened scoring with an early power play goal.

The Jets responded with two goals in a span of two minutes.

Oskar Sundqvist evened the score again after collecting a loose puck at the Jets’ netfront.

Early in the second period, Jordan Kyrou picked the corner on a second-period power play to put the Blues back ahead.

Connor Hellebuyck, who had struggled early in the game, stonewalled Kyrou on a breakaway less than one minute later to keep the Blues from pulling away by two goals.

In the third period, Mark Scheifele’s work behind the net set up Alex Iafallo to tie the game.

The teams were less than two minutes away from overtime when Connor put the home team ahead with his late one-timer.

Emotions started running high after Jets captain Adam Lowry iced the win with a late empty-netter.

The Jets could look to take a 2-0 series lead on Monday when the puck drops for Game 2 in Winnipeg.

Colorado Avalanche 5, Dallas Stars 1

The Stars, missing top defenseman Miro Heiskanen and top scorer Jason Robertson to injury, struggled to solve Avalanche goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood in his playoff debut.

Dallas started out the game strong by killing off more than one and a half minutes of a two-man disadvantage in the first period.

Early in the second frame, Blackwood turned aside a point-blank opportunity from Wyatt Johnston moments before the Avs opened scoring with a puck that ricocheted in off the skate of Artturi Lehkonen.

The tide turned definitively toward an Avs win when Roope Hintz took a double minor for high-sticking Nathan MacKinnon late in the second period.

MacKinnon responded by sending the Avalanche’s second goal of the night bouncing off a Stars defender and into the net.

Dallas cut into the Avs’ lead on a power play early in the third period, when Hintz redirected a Thomas Harley shot past Blackwood.

The Stars pushed for a tying goal, but Blackwood held them off until Devon Toews finished off an Avs rush by tipping a Josh Manson shot home.

MacKinnon put the game out of reach with an empty-netter, and Charlie Coyle further padded the lead with a late goal.

The Stars will look to even the series when the Avs return to Dallas for Game 2 on Monday at 9:30 p.m. ET.