MacKinnon skated in from the neutral zone and beat Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal on a wrist shot from the slot. The goal came after Troy Terry tied it with 13 seconds left in the third period with a wrist shot from the left circle and Dostal pulled for the extra skater.

The Colorado Avalanche finally got off the schnide, earning an electric 4-3 victory in overtime over the Anaheim Ducks.

On the opposite side of the ice, the Avs have been decimated by injury and were without Drouin and Toews in this game, along with Landeskog, Nichushkin, Lehkonen, Poolman, and Kahkonen, who are all on IR or LTIR. Alexandar Georgiev got the nod in this game for the Avs and stopped 17 of 20 shots.

Lukas Dostal made 45 saves and Troy Terry tied the game with 13 seconds to play, but Nathan MacKinnon's overtime winner clinched a 4-3 victory for the Colorado Avalanche tonight at Ball Arena. NHL GAMECENTER | DUCKS STREAM The loss dropped Anaheim to 2-1-1 on the season.

Nathan MacKinnon scores with 40.1 seconds left in overtime to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the Ducks to their first win of the season.

Nathan MacKinnon scored at 4:19 of overtime, lifting the Colorado Avalanche to their first win of the season, a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Denver on Friday night.

Nathan MacKinnon comes up big to win the game in overtime for the Avalanche vs. the Ducks.

The Colorado Avalanche needed a win in the worst way, and it certainly had to overcome plenty to get the first one of the 2024-25 season. Despite dominating this contest from start to end, the shorthanded Avs had to rally from two goals down and shrug off a tally in the final minute of regulation to defeat the Anaheim Ducks,

At first glance, it looked like a quiet evening in the National Hockey League last night. Only three games were on the schedule, but there was plenty of action, and plenty of goals. Here’s a rundown of the evening’s games.