MacKinnon's overtime goal halts Oilers' 5-game win streak
Edmonton just 4 points ahead of Dallas for final playoff spot in Western Conference
Nathan MacKinnon scored 52 seconds into overtime to lift the hometown Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.
MacKinnon, who also had an assist, came into the zone on a 2-on-1 with Cale Makar. Makar fed MacKinnon, who's shot beat Mike Smith for his 22nd of the season to win it.
"I kind of got tangled up with [Connor] McDavid, then the puck was loose and two guys go for it," MacKinnon said. "Cale makes an unreal play, stuff Cale always does. Great sauce [pass] to me and I managed to score."
Mikko Rantanen had two goals, Makar finished with two assists and Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots in the fourth straight win for the Avalanche.
Colorado was 2-for-5 on the power play and killed off both penalties.
"Power play was outstanding and the penalty kill was good," Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said. "That's the difference in the hockey game for me."
Edmonton, which is just four points ahead of Dallas for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference, had won five in a row.
"I thought we were dialed in and I was pleased with the way we competed," head coach Jay Woodcroft said. "I don't think we gave up a 5-on-5 goal tonight, and the first two goals that went in went off people's bodies. Those things happen in hockey. We're right there against the team that's leading the NHL in points and in a tough building. Happy that we got to a point."
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Kailer Yamamoto had a goal and an assist and Evander Kane also scored for the Oilers. Smith finished with 28 saves.
Rantanen gave Colorado the lead in the first period and answered Yamamoto's tying goal — his 16th of the season — early in the second period with his 31st to tie his career high set in the 2019-20 campaign.
Yamamoto helped Edmonton tie it again when he pounced on a turnover, fed Kane, who was all alone in front of the Avalanche net and beat Kuemper for his 13th of the season at 9:01 of the second.
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