Tasked with erasing a three-goal deficit in Dallas? No problem.

Miles Wood completed the Avalanche’s Game 1 comeback on Tuesday with an overtime tally, leading his team to a 4-3 victory despite the Stars scoring the first three goals in the opening period.

Wood received a pass from Andrew Cogliano at center ice and used a burst of speed to get past Miro Heiskanen. He went in all alone on Jake Oettinger and went to his backhand to beat the goalie.

It was a miraculous comeback by a team that spent several parts of the regular season figuring out different ways to come back from multi-goal deficits. In one of those instances, the Avs trailed 3-0 to the Dallas Stars on the road before scoring six straight goals to double them up 6-3. Wood scored in that game too.

But playoff hockey isn’t supposed to be the same. The games get tighter, the scoring gets tougher and the physicality ramps up. These are all reasons why Dallas was supposed to have the upper hand — especially at home.

But the Avs did exactly what they did against the Winnipeg Jets. They didn’t let a three-goal deficit in Game 1 bring them down. They imposed their will, played a tight-checking game and rolled four lines offensively.

Dallas had just seven shots on goal in the final 43:04 of regulation. It’s quite the recipe for success for Colorado, which has now won its last five games.

At the top of the lineup, the Stars’ top stars had no answer for Colorado’s best players. Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin and Cale Makar dominated Dallas at five-on-five. And they were 2-for-2 on the power play in the second period when the comeback began. Makar and Nichushkin both capitalized on the man advantage.

For Makar, he was the only one in the group with three points. The others all trailed behind with two. Nichushkin, who leads the NHL with eight playoff goals, continued his torrid goal-scoring streak, increasing it to six games.

And in goal? Alexandar Georgiev managed to settle in, especially in OT, where he made a handful of big stops when Dallas stormed out of the gate itching to send the fans home with something to celebrate.

But perhaps the biggest save came in the waning moments of the first period. Trailing 3-0, Dallas forward Jamie Benn waited out Georgiev and tapped the puck into what was an open net. But he was met by the stick of Josh Manson, who stopped the goal before whacking the rebound away out of mid-air just before the buzzer sounded.

Nobody knew if the save would mean anything when all was said and done. But when Wood capitalized in OT, it was hard to forget how crucial a play it was from Manson.

Just like the first round, the Avalanche surrendered three goals in the first period. But unlike the first round, they didn’t score any. Just like the first round, they scored a handful of goals the rest of the way. But unlike the first round, they didn’t let anything else past Georgiev.

The more things stay the same, the more Colorado manages to overcome an early deficit.

On to Game 2.