Rapid Recap: Coyotes 5, Avalanche 4 (SO)

The Arizona Coyotes rallied to defeat the Colorado Avalanche 5-4 in a shootout on Tuesday night at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Trailing 4-2, the Coyotes got goals from Lawson Crouse and Phil Kessel in a matter of 2:03 to knot the game in the third period. Arizona won the shootout 3-1 as each of its three scorers found the back of the net.
Nathan MacKinnon led the Avalanche with a goal and two assists, while Samuel Girard (two assists), Gabriel Landeskog (one goal, one assist) and Mikko Rantanen (one goal, one assist) also produced multiple points.

The Coyotes led 2-0 early in the first period, but the Avalanche responded with markers from Landeskog (power play) and Rantanen in the final six minutes of the stanza to tie the contest going into the intermission.
Colorado went on to score four unanswered markers, with MacKinnon tallying the 200th goal of his career with 11 seconds remaining in the second period and Valeri Nichushkin deflecting in Ryan Graves' shot early in the third frame.
It was the first shootout of the season for the Avalanche, which is now 3-3 in extra hockey this year.

THE GOALS

1st Period
1:25 ARI (0-1) - Jakob Chychrun's shot from the point made its way through traffic and beat Avs goalie Jonas Johansson.
4:52 ARI (0-2) - Phil Kessel found Alex Goligoski wide open at the right circle and the ensuing shot hit twine.
14:47 COL (1-2) - PPG, Gabriel Landeskog kicked a loose puck onto his stick in the crease and knocked it into the net.
18:49 COL (2-2) - Mikko Rantanen took a pass from behind the goal line by Nathan Mackinnon and scored far-side from the low-right circle.
2nd Period
19:49 COL (3-2) - Nathan MacKinnon tallied the 200th of his career with a one-time shot in the high slot in the final seconds of the period.
3rd Period
5:28 COL (4-2) - Valeri Nichushkin redirected in Ryan Graves' shot from the point.
6:38 ARI (4-3) - Lawson Crouse scored on a rebound.
8:41 ARI (4-4) - After being denied on a breakaway, Phil Kessel scored off his rebound after the puck came loose.
Overtime
No Scoring
Shootout
ARI Schmaltz - GOAL: wrister on the glove side
COL Donskoi - GOAL: deked, fooled the goalie and slid the puck in
ARI Garland - GOAL: snuck the puck by the left pad
COL MacKinnon - no goal: wrister went wide
ARI Dvorak - GOAL: deked and scored with a backhand
Final: Coyotes - 5 | Avalanche - 4 (Shootout)

3 STARS

Selected by Fox Sports Arizona

POWER PLAYS

Colorado: 1 for 4
Arizona: 0 for 4

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Colorado: Jonas Johansson made 28 saves in his Avalanche debut.
Arizona: Adin Hill stopped 35-of-39 shots through OT.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Nathan MacKinnon scored his 200th career goal in the second period, becoming the eighth player in franchise history and fifth in Avalanche history to reach the milestone. Only Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk, Gabriel Landeskog and Peter Forsberg have more tallies since the team moved to Colorado in 1995.
Selected No. 1 overall in the 2013 NHL Draft, MacKinnon joins the Calgary Flames' Sean Monahan as the only players from their draft class to reach 200 goals. MacKinnon (552 games) hit the milestone in 15 games quicker than Monahan, who reached the milestone in his 567th contest.

NOTEBOOK

There was a moment of silence prior the game in Arizona in remembrance of those that died in shootings this past week in Atlanta and on Monday afternoon in Boulder… Mikko Rantanen scored his 19th of the season, third-most in the NHL and two behind the league leaders (21). He has the most goals among players that don't play in the North Division… Rantanen extended his point streak to seven games (seven goals, six assists)… Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists to move his point streak to seven games (five goals, eight assists)… Gabriel Landeskog is now on a six-game point streak (three goals, eight assists) after scoring and adding an assist. Landeskog's marker came on the power play, the 57th of his career to move into a tie with Peter Forsberg for the seventh-most in franchise history… Valeri Nichushkin is on a three-game point streak (two goals, two assists)… It was the sixth of eight meetings this season between Colorado and Arizona, with Avalanche now owning a 4-1-1 record in the series… The Avs were wrapping up their fifth of nine back-to-backs this season and are now 2-0-3 in the second half of such sets. Colorado is 4-1-0 in the first game... The Avalanche has scored a goal in 20 straight regulation periods... Colorado had its seven-game winning streak come to an end but the team has still picked up a point in eight straight contests... The team is 11-2-2 in the last 15 contests and 5-1-1 in the past seven road games.

BIG HIGHLIGHT

IMAGE OF THE GAME

That top line.

ROSTER REPORT

Defenseman Dan Renouf played his first game since March 16 versus Anaheim as he took the spot of Bowen Byram, who was out with an injury. Renouf began the game on a pairing with Ryan Graves. Logan O'Connor replaced J.T. Compher on a line with Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Matt Calvert. Compher was a healthy scratch. Philipp Grubauer was the backup to starting goaltender Jonas Johansson, who was making his debut with the Avs. Jayson Megna, Greg Pateryn, Kiefer Sherwood and goalie Adam Werner are on the taxi squad.

INJURY UPDATE

Rookie defenseman Bowen Byram missed the game with a lower-body injury. Fellow rear guard Conor Timmins is making progress from his upper-body injury and could be available to return soon. D-man Erik Johnson (upper body) and goalie Pavel Francouz (lower body) are out long term.

UP NEXT

Colorado opens a six-game homestand on Thursday with the first contest of a two-game set against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Avs will also play single contests against the Anaheim Ducks and Coyotes before wrapping up the homestay with two versus the St. Louis Blues.

LINE COMBINATIONS

Based on the start of the game
Forwards
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
20 Brandon Saad - 91 Nazem Kadri - 95 Andre Burakovsky
13 Valeri Nichushkin - 17 Tyson Jost - 72 Joonas Donskoi
11 Matt Calvert - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 25 Logan O'Connor
Defensemen
7 Devon Toews - 8 Cale Makar
34 Jacob MacDonald - 49 Samuel Girard
27 Ryan Graves - 2 Dan Renouf
Goaltenders
35 Jonas Johansson
31 Philipp Grubauer