Avalanche extend home winning streak to 17 with OT victory against Bruins

2 years ago  /  NHL.com

  • DENVER -- Cale Makar scored a power-play goal at 3:01 of overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche extended their home winning streak to 17 games with a 4-3 win against the Boston Bruins at Ball Arena on Wednesday.
  • Makar shot from the left point, using Gabriel Landeskog as a screen.
  • Video: Landeskog, Makar power Avalanche to overtime win.
  • Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle and Jake DeBrusk scored, and Linus Ullmark made 37 saves for Boston (24-13-3), which is 7-2-1 in the past 10 games and 9-1-2 in the past 12 on the road.
  • Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon didn't return after he sustained a head injury in the first period on a hit by Bruins forward Taylor Hall.
  • Girard cut it to 3-2 at 11:46 of the third period when his shot skipped past Bruins forward Curtis Lazar and went in off the left post.
  • … Pastrnak has scored 11 points (seven goals, four assists) in a seven-game point streak.
  • … Boston has scored a power-play goal in seven straight games, going 9-for-21 (42.9 percent).
  • Makar has scored 41 points (17 goals, 24 assists) in 37 games
  • Among Avalanche defensemen, only Steve Duchesne scored 40 points faster (32 games, 1992-93)
  • … The Avalanche is the first team since the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1995-96 (six) to have five or more players score at least 40 points at the halfway point of their season (Kadri, 55; Mikko Rantanen, 49; MacKinnon, 43; Makar, 41; Landeskog, 41)
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