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Comeback in Colorado

The Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime at Ball Arena on Tuesday and improved to 27-17-1. Parker Kelly, Artturi Lehkonen, and Devon Toews were the goal-scorers for Colorado. Additionally, Nathan MacKinnon posted two assists, becoming the first player to reach 70 points (15g/55a) this season while Cale Makar became the first defensemen to record 50 points (13g/37a) this campaign. In net for the Avs, Mackenzie Blackwood was outstanding, stopping 27 of the 29 shots he faced, including several grade-A scoring chances from the Rangers.

"He was fantastic," Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar said about Blackwood. "He was the best player on the ice [for] either team."

With the overtime win, the Avalanche improved to 5-1 in games that have gone beyond regulation this season.

How It Happened

Kelly opened the scoring with his fifth goal of the season via a right-circle wrist shot at 4:53 of the first period.

At 11:55 of the first, Sam Carrick tied the game for the Rangers with a short-handed breakaway goal.

Adam Edstrom gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead with a goal off the rush at 9:59 of the second period.

With the Avs' goalie pulled for an extra attacker, Lehkonen scored his 16th goal of the season and tied the game from the right doorstep at 18:47 of the third period. That goal marked Colorado's league-leading ninth goal at six-on-five this season.

With 36.1 seconds remaining in overtime, Toews scored his sixth goal of the season to win the game via a right-circle one-timer after an incredible shift by Logan O'Connor, who was the main catalyst in that goal-scoring sequence.

"That was straight-up effort," Bednar said about O'Connor's shift. "That's what that was. That was effort [and] determination. You watch that play, he not only does everything right to get in the zone, then he checks the puck back twice. It's just that's the effort it takes to score in this league and that's the effort it takes to defend in this league."

Next Up

The Avalanche continue their homestand on Thursday against the Edmonton Oilers at 7:30 p.m. MT on ESPN.