The Bruins took over the scoring during the second period landing three goals, two of which were less than two minutes apart.
The Avalanche responded with a goal from Samuel Girard midway through the third period. The team landed another from Gabriel Landeskog with less than one minute to go in regulation to tie the game.
Cale Makar secured the win with a power play goal halfway through overtime.
The Avalanche and Bruins will face each other only one more time this season, on Feb. 21 for the rescheduled match up from Dec.
THE GOALS
1st Period
11:25 COL (0-1) - Andre Burakovsky cleared the puck from the right corner to find Kurtis MacDermid at the top of the slot, MacDermid fired a hard shot to land the puck in net.
2nd Period
7:10 BOS (1-1) - Jake DeBrusk took the puck from zone to zone and fired a shot glove side for the goal.
12:16 BOS (2-1) - PPG Charlie McAvoy took a shot from the top of the slot which rebounded, but Charlie Coyle was just to the left of the net and ready for the backhanded tip in.
13:31 BOS (3-1) - From a turnover, David Pastrnak brought the puck into the zone and handed it off to Brad Marchand for a top shelf goal.
3rd Period
11:46 COL (3-2) - Girard took a sweeping shot from the left side of the point, the puck snuck through traffic and Linus Ullmark's blocker side.
19:23 COL (3-3) - Nazem Kadri gave Gabriel Landeskog a cross ice pass and he landed a shot from one knee at the bottom of the right circle for the goal.
Overtime
3:01 COL (3-4) - PPG Cale Makar setup the shot and fired from the top of the left circle to secure the goal.
Final: Avalanche 4, Bruins 3 (OT)
3 STARS
POWER PLAYS
Colorado: 1/4
Boston: 1/4
GOALTENDING BATTLE
Colorado: Darcy Kuemper allowed 3 goals on 32 shots.
Boston: Linus Ullmark allowed 4 goals on 41 shots.
STAT OF THE NIGHT
J.T. Compher played in his 300th career NHL game.
NOTEBOOK
The Colorado Avalanche extended the home win streak to 17 games, building on the franchise record and holding sole possession of fifth place on the NHL home win streak leaderboard. The Colorado Avalanche holds a 13-0-1 record in January, the new franchise record for the most wins in a single month. Nicolas Aube-Kubel has appeared in all 29 games, earning six goals and seven assists, since being claimed off waivers by Colorado on Nov. 13. Kurtis MacDermid has dressed in 22 games straight, a personal career high.
ROSTER REPORT
Nothing new to report.
INJURY UPDATE
Ryan Murray left the game on Jan. 14 and is still out with an upper-body injury. Darren Helm is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Jacob MacDonald remains out with an upper-body injury he sustained on Dec. 12. Stefan Matteau is expected to be out for a few more weeks while he rehabs a lower-body injury from October 2021.
UP NEXT
The Colorado Avalanche are off on a one-game road trip to Chicago for the last contest against the Blackhawks this season on Friday Jan. 28.
LINE COMBINATIONS
Based on the start of the game
Forwards
92 Landeskog - 29 MacKinnon - 96 Rantanen
13 Nichushkin - 91 Kadri - 95 Burakovsky
25 O'Connor - 18 Newhook - 37 Compher
16 Aube-Kubel - 11 Maltsev - 17 Jost
Defensemen
7 Toews - 8 Makar
3 J. Johnson - 49 Girard
56 MacDermid - 6 E. Johnson
Goaltenders
35 Kuemper
39 Francouz
