Ducks rally past Avalanche, move into third in Pacific
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ondrej Kase scored 1:34 into overtime, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a twogoal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Sunday.
Andrew Cogliano had a goal and an assist, and Adam Henrique and Ryan Kesler also scored for the Ducks, who moved into third place in the Pacific Division.
Anaheim is one point ahead of Los Angeles with three games remaining for both teams.
Kase was looking to shoot all the way on a 2-on-1 break and won it by going to the short side over Jonathan Bernier’s right shoulder.
Ryan Miller made 19 saves after replacing John Gibson at the start of the second period, helping the Ducks to their fifth straight home win.
Tyson Jost scored twice and Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and an assist for Colorado, which passed St. Louis for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Avalanche lead the Blues by one point, but St. Louis has four games remaining to Colorado’s three.
Bernier made 28 saves.
Henrique cut the Ducks’ deficit to 3-2 with 7:43 left in the third with a sharp-angle shot, and Kesler tied it 3-all at 9:19.
Jost put the Avalanche up 2-1 at 1:04 of the second, scoring for the second game in a row on a backhand for a power-play goal, and he made it 3-1 at 12:10.
At Pittsburgh, Philipp Grubauer made 36 saves, and Washington celebrated star Alex Ovechkin’s 1,000th career regular-season game by clinching its third straight Metropolitan Division title.
At Montreal, Taylor Hall scored a short-handed goal late in the third period, and New Jersey increased its lead to seven points on Florida for the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
At Tampa, Fla., Filip Forsbeg had two goals and an assist to lead Nashville past Tampa Bay.
The Lightning fell to 5-6-0 in the past 11 games and sit two points behind Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
At Philadelphia, Claude Giroux scored his second goal with 1:21 left in overtime, and the Flyers recovered from blowing a late lead to inch closer to returning to the playoffs after a oneyear absence.
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