Rapid Recap: Ducks 3, Avalanche 1

The Colorado Avalanche held a 33-15 advantage in shots on goal but fell 3-1 to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday at Honda Center.
The Avs trailed 2-0 at the second intermission but only allowed one shot on goal in the final period. Colorado scored with 5:14 remaining to cut the deficit in half but couldn't complete the comeback. Mikko Rantanen tallied for the Avalanche and Philipp Grubauer made 12 saves.
Jakob Silfverberg and Rickard Rakell scored in the first and second frames, respectively, for Anaheim. Hampus Lindholm tallied into an empty net with 1:40 remaining, the Ducks only shot of the third period. John Gibson made 32 saves.

Colorado returns to Ball Arena to host the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday and Thursday.

THE GOALS

1st Period
0:58 ANA (0-1) - Jakob Silfverberg scored with a one-timer following Adam Henrique's faceoff win.
2nd Period
9:05 ANA (0-2) - Rickard Rakell doubled Anaheim's lead after Ryan Getzlaf found him skating into the slot.
3rd Period
14:46 COL (1-2) - Mikko Rantanen collected the rebound from a Nathan MacKinnon shot and backhanded the puck into the net.
18:20 ANA (1-3) - ENG, Hampus Lindholm scored into an open net from the other side of the ice
Final: Ducks - 3 | Avalanche - 1

POWER PLAYS

Colorado: 0 for 4
Anaheim: 0 for 3

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Colorado: Philipp Grubauer started for the fifth time this season and stopped 12 of the 14 shots he faced.
Anaheim: John Gibson made 32 saves, including 13 in the first period.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Samuel Girard appeared in his 226th consecutive regular-season games and tied Karlis Skrastins for the second-longest ironman streak ever by an Avalanche defenseman. Martin Skoula holds the record at 285 straight games from Jan. 11, 2000 - April 4, 2003.

NOTEBOOK

Mikko Rantanen scored for the fifth game in a row, extending his career-long goal streak... Nathan MacKinnon assisted on Rantanen's tally and now has eight points (two goals, six assists) in six outings this season... The Avalanche held the Ducks to one shot on goal in the third period, a shot that was sent into an empty net... The Avs are 2-2-0 away from home so far in 2020-21... Colorado and Anaheim will meet again at Ball Arena for a back-to-back set on March 5-6.

BIG HIGHLIGHT

IMAGE OF THE GAME

ROSTER REPORT

After missing three games with a minor upper-body injury, Andre Burakovsky returned to the lineup and began the game on a trio with J.T. Compher and Brandon Saad. Nazem Kadri centered a line with Matt Calvert and Valeri Nichushkin, while Pierre-Edouard Bellemare was between Tyson Jost and Joonas Donskoi. On defense, Conor Timmins reentered the lineup on a pairing with Greg Pateryn. Ryan Graves was the healthy scratch.

INJURY UPDATE

Andre Burakovsky returned to the lineup while goaltender Pavel Francouz remains out and has yet to skate after suffering a lower-body injury at Monday's practice.

UP NEXT

The Avalanche returns home to host the San Jose Sharks for a two-game set at Ball Arena on Tuesday and Thursday.

LINE COMBINATIONS

Based on start of the game
Forwards
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
20 Brandon Saad - 37 J.T. Compher - 95 Andre Burakovsky
11 Matt Calvert - 91 Nazem Kadri - 13 Valeri Nichushkin
17 Tyson Jost - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 72 Joonas Donskoi
Defensemen
7 Devon Toews - 8 Cale Makar
4 Bowen Byram - 49 Samuel Girard
5 Greg Pateryn - 22 Conor Timmins
Goaltenders
31 Philipp Grubauer
32 Hunter Miska