Anaheim Ducks at Colorado Avalanche

MacKinnon scores in OT to lift Avalanche past Ducks 4-3 for 1st win

Ross Colton scored two goals, both in the third period, and Casey Mittelstadt, playing in his 200th consecutive game, also had a goal for his 200th career point with a goal for the Avalanche. Alexandar Georgiev had 16 saves.

Leo Carlsson, Ryan Strome and Troy Terry scored for Anaheim. Lukas Dostal finished with 45 saves.

Terry scored with 12.6 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score 3-3.

Takeaways Ducks: Anaheim continues to struggle to convert the power play, going 0 for 3 to fall to 0 for 14 on the season.

Avalanche: Colorado stuck with its fierce offensive effort and dominating presence in the Anaheim zone to pull out its first win of the season.

Key moment Trailing 2-0, Colorado finally broke through offensively when Mittelstadt finished off a breakaway with a backhand shot that sailed into the net over Dostal’s glove hand. Nikolai Kovalenko triggered the breakaway with a pass that the streaking Mittelstadt picked up for his drive to the net to ignite the Avs’ offense.

Key stat The Avalanche were 3 for 3 on the penalty kill and 1 for 6 on the power play.

Up next Ducks return home to host Los Angeles on Sunday night while the Avalanche visit San Jose.

COL leads series 1-0