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.

The Rangers trailed 4-2 late in the second before defenseman Will Borgen scored at 18:05 followed by Artemi Panarin’s 21st goal of the season to tie it at 15:02 of the third.

But after the Rangers failed to score on a late third-period power play, Lehkonen beat Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin to finish a slick passing play with Makar for his 20th goal.

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.

Giroux gave Ottawa a 2-1 lead at 7:33 and helped set up Brady Tkachuk’s goal with 6:38 remaining. Tim Stutzle also assisted on both goals.

Ridly Greig opened the scoring for Ottawa with a short-handed goal with 7:44 left in the second period. Clayton Keller tied it 1:36 later.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, PANTHERS 1: Adin Hill made 32 saves, Tanner Pearson scored his first game-winning goal of the season and Vegas Golden Knights topped Florida.

The Golden Knights came in losers of seven of their last nine and got a much-needed victory over the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Brayden McNabb, Jack Eichel and Tomas Hertl also scored for Vegas, which reclaimed sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division.

JETS 5, FLAMES 2: Gabriel Vilardi had two goals and two assists, Kyle Connor had a goal and two assists and Winnipeg beat Calgary.

Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist, and Mason Appleton also scored for the Jets. Eric Comrie had 20 saves to help Winnipeg win its third straight and sixth in the last eight games.

MacKenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri scored for the Flames, who had won three straight. Dan Fladar finished with 22 saves.

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 had three assists for Minnesota in the opener of a five-game trip. The Wild had lost five of six.

Chicago was limited to five shots on goal before rallying in the third period. Seth Jones scored on a power play and Frank Nazar added his third of the season at 4:16, trimming Minnesota’s lead to one.

But the Wild held on in the final minutes, and Marcus Foligno closed it out with an empty-netter with 1:42 left. Filip Gustavsson finished with 18 saves.

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 for the best-on-best tournament, which will be held from Feb. 12-20.