Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers
· National Hockey League
Makar scores in OT, Avs beat Oilers 3-2 to end losing streak
The teams met for the first time since the Avalanche swept the Oilers 4-0 in the Western Conference final last season en route to the Stanley Cup title.
“It was a big win for us, we needed that,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “It gets a little tense when you lose five in a row and you feel like you’re playing well, then you go down 2-0, but the guys were really focused tonight.”
Nathan MacKinnon and Brad Hunt also scored for Colorado and Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves. The Avalanche improved to 20-15-3.
“I’m really happy with the way we played tonight,” Bednar said. “I thought it was a full 60, no question. Even though the score was leaning the other way after 40 minutes, I thought 5-on-5 the guys played really well.”
Zach Hyman scored twice for Edmonton to reach 20 goals and Stuart Skinner stopped 43 shots. The Oilers dropped to 21-17-3, losing for the sixth time in their last seven home games.
“It was a frustrating one for us,” Oilers defenseman Tyson Barrie said. “We had two posts in overtime. Maybe we get one of those and it is a celebration in here instead.”
Hyman scored power-play goals late in each of the first two periods.
Colorado cut it to 2-1 at 3:06 into the third period when MacKinnon split the defense and muscled a puck over Skinner’s shoulder for his 10th of the season.
The Avs tied it at 8:19 with the teams playing 4 on 4, with Hunt racing to keep a puck in at the zone and snapping a shot past Skinner for his first of the season.
“Going into the third, we thought we were the better team even though we were down two,” said Avs forward Evan Rodrigues, who had two assists. “We just stuck with it and we got a huge two points.”
The Oilers hit two posts in overtime before Makar was able to pick the corner to end it.
“Tough, tough way to lose,” Skinner said. “I’m obviously pretty frustrated right now. Yeah, it sucks.”
UP NEXT
Avalanche: Host Florida on Tuesday night.
Oilers: At Los Angeles on Monday night.
Regular Season SeriesCOL leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 15:37 | Goal scored by Zach Hyman assisted by Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl (PPG) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 15:03 | Goal scored by Zach Hyman assisted by Tyson Barrie and Leon Draisaitl (PPG) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 3:06 | Goal scored by Nathan MacKinnon assisted by Cale Makar and Evan Rodrigues |
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Goal | 3rd Period 8:19 | Goal scored by Brad Hunt assisted by Evan Rodrigues and Samuel Girard |
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Goal | 4th Period 2:09 | Goal scored by Cale Makar assisted by Nathan MacKinnon and Alexandar Georgiev |
Statistics
 COL |
 EDM |
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|---|---|---|
| 13 | Blocked Shots | 16 |
| 21 | Hits | 24 |
| 4 | Takeaways | 7 |
| 46 | Shots | 30 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 2 |
| 4 | Power Play Opportunities | 5 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 40.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 30 | Faceoffs Won | 36 |
| 45.5 | Faceoff Win Percent | 54.5 |
| 9 | Giveaways | 10 |
| 6 | Total Penalties | 5 |
| 12 | Penalty Minutes | 10 |
Edmonton Oilers Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac Howard, LW | Injured Reserve | Nov 5 |
| Alec Regula, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 1 |
| Matt Savoie, C | Injured Reserve | Oct 1 |
| Frederik Andersen, G | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Mattias Janmark, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
Colorado Avalanche Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Cale Makar, D | Day-To-Day | Nov 12 |
| Nathan MacKinnon, C | Day-To-Day | Nov 12 |
| Josh Manson, D | Injured Reserve | Nov 9 |
| Zachary L'Heureux, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 23 |
