Artturi Lehkonen scored the tiebreaking goal with 14.7 seconds left and Mackenzie Blackwood made 33 saves and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the New York Rangers 5-4 on Sunday.
Defenseman Cale Makar scored twice and assisted on the winning goal while Jack Drury and Juuso Parssinen also scored for the Avalanche, who won for the first time since acquiring Martin Necas and Drury in a trade Friday that sent top Colorado scorer Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Necas and Avalanche captain Nathan MacKinnon each had two assists.
Senators 3, Utah 1 >> Claude Giroux broke a third-period tie and added an assist, rookie Leevi Merilainen made 34 saves and Ottawa beat Utah.
Jets 5, Flames 2 >> Gabriel Vilardi had two goals and two assists, Kyle Connor had a goal and two assists and Winnipeg won its third straight and sixth in the last eight games.
Wild 4, Blackhawks 2 >> Jared Spurgeon, Joel Eriksson Ek and Frederick Gaudreau scored to make it 3-0 and Minnesota held on to beat Chicago. Matt Boldy added three assists for Minnesota, which had lost five of six
Vegas’ Pietrangelo out of 4 Nations >> Golden Knights veteran defenseman Alex Pietrangelo has withdrawn from the 4 Nations Face-Off.
The 35-year-old is tending to an ailment and will instead prepare for the remainder of the regular season. He was on Team Canada’s roster for the best-on-best tournament, which will be held in Montreal and Boston from Feb. 12-20.