Edmonton Oilers at Colorado Avalanche

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Edmonton Oilers

30-19-8

Final
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Colorado Avalanche

31-19-5

Rantanen's goal late in OT lifts Avalanche past Oilers 6-5

Nathan MacKinnon and J.T. Compher each had a goal and an assist, and Artturi Lehkonen, Valeri Nichushkin and Logan O’Connor added goals for Colorado, which won its third straight. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 35 shots.

After the Oilers iced the puck to set up a faceoff in their zone, Rantanen made them pay with his 36th goal of the season.

Edmonton lost its third straight game after regulation and its fourth in a row overall. The Oilers, who haven’t won in Denver since Dec. 11, 2018, have blown three-goal leads in consecutive games and have dropped six straight to the Avalanche.

Warren Foegele scored twice, Mattias Janmark had a goal and an assist and Tyson Barrie and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers. Jack Campbell had 36 saves.

The Oilers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second period on two goals by Foegele and Draisaitl’s 33rd of the season. Colorado got goals 4:14 apart from MacKinnon and Nichushkin to make it 3-2, but Barrie’s goal late in the period made it 4-2 heading into the third.

MacKinnon scored his second of the game and 20th of the season 26 seconds into the third period. Janmark answered at 3:58 to make it 5-3, and O’Connor made it a one-goal game at 9:30.

TRADING PLACES

Colorado swapped defensemen for Sunday’s game, with Josh Manson in and Cale Makar out. Manson didn’t make the trip to St. Louis on Saturday — a planned day off after he missed 31 games with an lower-body injury — and Makar was out Sunday after taking a hit to the head in the win over the Blues.

Makar missed three games in early February after he took a hit in the head from Pittsburgh’s Jeff Carter.

KANE OUT

Edmonton scratched left-winger Evander Kane (upper-body injury) and recalled Devin Shore from Bakersfield of the AHL. Kane’s injury is considered day to day. The Oilers played with 11 forwards.

UP NEXT

Oilers: Host Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Avalanche: At Winnipeg on Friday night.

Regular Season Series

COL leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 15:08	Warren Foegele Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Mattias Janmark (12), Ryan McLeod (8)
Goal	2nd Period 1:14	Warren Foegele Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Darnell Nurse (22), Cody Ceci (7)
Goal	2nd Period 7:37	Leon Draisaitl Goal (33) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (42), Zach Hyman (40)
Goal	2nd Period 8:34	J.T. Compher Goal (11) Deflected, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (47), Samuel Girard (18)
Goal	2nd Period 12:48	Valeri Nichushkin Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (48)
Goal	2nd Period 17:42	Tyson Barrie Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Devin Shore (4), Jesse Puljujarvi (8)
Goal	3rd Period 0:26	Nathan MacKinnon Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Manson (6)
Goal	3rd Period 3:58	Mattias Janmark Goal (5) Slap Shot, assists: Connor McDavid (60), Cody Ceci (8)
Goal	3rd Period 9:30	Logan O'Connor Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (7), J.T. Compher (25)
Goal	3rd Period 15:48	Artturi Lehkonen Goal (17) Tip-In, assists: J.T. Compher (26), Samuel Girard (19)
Goal	4th Period 4:38	Mikko Rantanen Goal (36) Wrist Shot, assists: Devon Toews (27), J.T. Compher (27)

Statistics

EDM		COL
15	Blocked Shots	22
27	Hits	16
7	Takeaways	8
40	Shots	42
0	Power Play Goals	0
1	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
37	Faceoffs Won	42
46.8	Faceoff Win Percent	53.2
2	Giveaways	4
4	Total Penalties	1
8	Penalty Minutes	2