Rapid Recap: Avalanche 3, Ducks 2 (OT)

Gabriel Landeskog scored on a wraparound early in overtime to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 victory against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday night.
The game-winning sequence started when Cale Makar intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and broke through on a 2-on-0 rush with Landeskog, whose first shot was stopped. The Avs captain then grabbed his own rebound, caught Anaheim goalie John Gibson out of position and was able to stuff the puck in at the post at 1:38 of the extra period.

Joonas Donskoi tallied on the power play in the first period for the Avalanche, while Mikko Rantanen extended his goal streak to four games with a tally in the third period. Playing his second career NHL game, Bowen Byram recorded his first point with an assist on Rantanen's marker.
Landeskog, Samuel Girard and Devon Toews also had helpers in the contest for Colorado. Avs goalie Philipp Grubauer stopped 36 shots.
The Avalanche was awarded a penalty shot in the third period, but Nathan MacKinnon's attempt was stopped by Gibson, one of 29 saves made by the Ducks netminder on the night.
Colorado went 1-for-4 on the power play and stopped all five Anaheim chances with the man advantage.
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THE GOALS

1st Period
2:56 COL (1-0) - PPG, Joonas Donskoi took a cross-ice pass from Samuel Girard and whacked the puck into an open net to begin the scoring.
2nd Period
0:47 ANA (1-1) - Hampus Lindholm tallied from the high slot with a snap shot after taking a pass from Rickard Rakell at the goal line.
3rd Period
6:40 COL (2-1) - After coming down the left-wing wall, Bowen Byram sent a centering pass to the front where Mikko Rantanen knocked in the puck to put the Avs back in the lead.
7:42 ANA (2-2) - Adam Henrique tallied on a 2-on-1 with Danton Heinen.
Overtime
1:38 COL (3-2) - Gabriel Landeskog scored on a wraparound after a 2-on-0 rush after Cale Makar intercepted a pass in the neutral zone.
Final: Avalanche - 3 | Ducks - 2 (Overtime)

POWER PLAYS

Colorado: 1 for 4
Anaheim: 0 for 5

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Colorado: Philipp Grubauer started for the fourth time this season and denied a season-high 36 shots, including 18 in the opening period.
Anaheim: John Gibson stopped 29-of-32 shots and a penalty-shot attempt in the third period.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Mikko Rantanen scored a goal for the fourth consecutive game, setting a new career-long streak. He now has four goals and two assists during this stretch.

NOTEBOOK

Landeskog's goal and assist gave him 465 career points, moving him past Dale Hunter for sole possession of ninth place on the franchise's all-time scoring list… He scored his fifth career overtime goal... Colorado was playing its first OT game of the season... Bowen Bryam collected his first career NHL point with an assist… Ryan Graves appeared in his 100th career NHL game… Colorado scored a power-play goal for the fifth consecutive game and now has 10 on the season, the most in the NHL... Mikko Rantanen wore the 'A' as one of the alternate captains while Erik Johnson remains out... The Avalanche was awarded a penalty shot at 8:31 of the third period after Hampus Lindholm gloved the puck in his own crease. Nathan MacKinnon took the ensuing chance but his shot was saved... The Avs were wrapping up their first back-to-back set of the season. The team went 6-5-1 in the second outing of consecutive-day contests in 2019-20… The club is in a stretch of playing four games in six days... The Avalanche is now 2-1-0 on this four-game road trip… The Colorado franchise is now 43-34-18 all-time against Anaheim.

BIG HIGHLIGHT

IMAGE OF THE GAME

ROSTER REPORT

Martin Kaut made his season debut, starting the game on a line with Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Tyson Jost. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer played the second half of the back-to-back after Hunter Miska started on Thursday at Los Angeles. Erik Johnson didn't play for the second-straight contest as he continues to work on his conditioning after missing all of training camp while in COVID-19 protocol. Conor Timmins was a healthy scratch.

INJURY UPDATE

Andre Burakovsky (upper body) and Pavel Francouz (lower body) are still day-to-day with injuries. Burakovsky took part in morning skate on Thursday in L.A. but missed his third game of the season on Friday. Head coach Jared Bednar said postgame that Burakovsky could return to the lineup for Sunday's contest if he continues to progress well.

UP NEXT

The Avalanche wraps up its Southern California road trip on Sunday while also concluding its two-game series at the Anaheim Ducks. Game time is at 6 p.m. MT.

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 - 13 Valeri Nichushkin
11 Matt Calvert - 37 J.T. Compher - 72 Joonas Donskoi
17 Tyson Jost - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 61 Martin Kaut
Defensemen
7 Devon Toews - 8 Cale Makar
49 Samuel Girard - 27 Ryan Graves
4 Bowen Byram - 5 Greg Pateryn
Goaltenders
31 Philipp Grubauer
32 Hunter Miska