DENVER — Cale Makar scored 34 seconds into additional time and Colorado recovered after squandering a late two-goal result in win 4-3 over the Dallas Stars on Sunday within the return of former Avalanche ahead Mikko Rantanen.
Main 3-1 within the third, the Avalanche noticed the Stars rally to tie the sport on targets from Mavrik Bourque and Matt Duchene in a 20-second span.
In additional time, Makar weaved by means of the Dallas defence and beat Jake Oettinger with a wrist shot. It was a three-point efficiency for Makar because the Avalanche received their ninth straight house sport.
Valeri Nichushkin, Jonathan Drouin and Martin Necas additionally scored for the Avalanche. Scott Wedgewood made 19 saves.
A fan favourite, Rantanen spent almost a decade with Colorado. He was commerce by the Avalanche as a part of a three-team deal on Jan. 24 that landed him in Carolina — and introduced Necas to Colorado — after which dealt to Dallas on March 7.
Jason Robertson scored the game-opening objective on an help from Rantanen. Oettinger stopped 32 photographs.
Colorado took two of three within the season collection with the house workforce successful each sport. The subsequent time the 2 Central Division foes sq. off might be within the first spherical of the playoffs. The groups met final season in a second-round collection that Dallas captured in six video games.
Stars: Centre Roope Hintz was again within the lineup after lacking the previous two video games with an upper-body damage. He had an help.
Avalanche: Colorado went 1 for five on the ability play.
Avalanche ahead Nathan MacKinnon prolonged his home-point streak to 21 video games with an help on Makar’s OT objective.
Rantanen’s help was No. 400 in his profession.
The Stars begin a four-game homestand in opposition to Anaheim on Tuesday, whereas the Avalanche start a three-game journey Wednesday at Toronto.
