The Avalanche fought back from a 3-1 deficit against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday at Pepsi Center, scoring five straight times in the second and third period to win 6-3 win. Colorado took a 1-0 lead at the 10:16 mark of the first period on Gabriel Landeskog's 12th goal of the season, assisted by Mikko Rantanen. The Bruins answered with three straight markers, starting with a power-play tally from David Pasternak and followed up by two goals from Jake DeBrusk in a matter of 2:37. Colorado countered with a man-advantage goal from Rantanen with 11:13 left in the middle frame, and Matt Calvert tied the outing early in the third period with his second marker of the year. Nathan MacKinnon scored the go-ahead goal just seven minutes later, and Tyson Jost and Alexander Kerfoot scored on back-to-back power plays to close out the game for the Avs.
Rantanen led the team with three points (one goal, two assists), while Kerfoot and MacKinnon each recorded one goal and one helper each. Samuel Girard registered two assists, and Tyson Barrie, Sheldon Dries, Ian Cole and Carl Soderberg added one helper apiece. Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves in net and pushed his record to 6-5-2 on the season.
On Wednesday, the Capitals dropped a 3-1 decision at the Winnipeg Jets. Jakub Vrana scored the first goal of the game for the Caps, but the Jets countered with three unanswered goals to claim the victory. Pheonix Copley made 21 saves in the second half of a back-to-back for Washington. The Capitals won 5-2 at the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.