Avs write off 3-goal deficit to edge Leafs
DENVER: Devon Toews scored at 1:12 minutes of overtime, Cale Makar and Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist each, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied from three goals down to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Saturday night in Denver.
Nathan MacKinnon and JT Compher also scored, Mikko Rantanen had four assists and Nazem Kadri had two assists for the Avalanche, who have won four straight.
Pavel Francouz stopped 18 shots in relief of Darcy Kuemper to help Colorado win their 11th straight home game. The Avs trailed 4-1 until late in the second period.
Auston Matthews scored two goals, Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and two assists, Nick Ritchie also scored and Jack Campbell made 44 saves for Toronto.
Toews got the winner when Kadri dropped a pass to him at the top of the right circle and he beat Campbell through the pads. It was his sixth of the season.
Ryan Lindgren scored twice, and Jarred Tinordi scored the tie-breaking goal as New York rode a big night from their defencemen, dominated the third period and recorded a 4-1 victory over host Anaheim.
New York won for the fourth time in five games. Tinordi and Lindgren scored during a stretch when the Rangers took the first 18 shots of the third and outshot the Ducks by a 20-3 margin in the final 20 minutes. Lindgren sealed the win by getting an empty-net goal with 31 seconds remaining, achieving his first career multi-goal game.
Isac Lundestrom scored for the Ducks, who lost for the fourth time in five games.
Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice — including the game-winner in the third period — for host Columbus, who salvaged a split of a home-and-home by edging New Jersey 4-3.
Bjorkstrand also scored the first goal for the Blue Jackets, who snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the fourth time in their last 15 games (4-10-1). Boone Jenner and Yegor Chinakhov also had goals for Columbus.
Nico Hischier, Jimmy Vesey and Marian Studenic scored for the Devils, who beat the Blue Jackets 3-1 on Thursday and are 4-2-0 since returning from the holiday break.