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Artturi Lehkonen scored the game-winning goal with 14.7 seconds left in regulation as the Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 5-4 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Cale Makar scored twice, Martin Necas posted his first two points with the Avs and Nathan MacKinnon added a pair of assists.

"I thought we got good contributions throughout our lineup," Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar said. "To be able to sort of stick with it and end it that way was nice."

With the win, the Avalanche improved to 29-20-2.

How It Happened

Jack Drury opened the scoring 5:43 into the game with his first goal as an Av and fourth of the season via a redirect on Keaton Middleton's shot from the point. With the assist on the goat, Middleton recorded his first-career NHL point.

Scoring his 17th goal of the season, Makar doubled Colorado's lead at 6:26 of the first period with a shot from the left-circle off the rush. Necas picked up the primary assist on the goal for his first point as an Av with a drop pass to Makar after receiving a fantastic entry feed from MacKinnon, who was on his back when he made the no-look pass.

"I thought he was great," Bednar said about Necas. "That line was good. I thought [Necas] could've had three goals himself. [He] hit two posts. [He] did a lot of good things."

The Rangers answered with a goal from Sam Carrick at 7:10 of the first before Vincent Trocheck tied the game off the rush at 8:36 of the opening frame.

Makar scored his second of the game and 18th of the season on the power play at 14:36 of the first with a shot from the point. With the secondary assist on the goal, Necas recorded the 300th point of his NHL career.

Scoring his fourth goal of the season, Juuso Parssinen gave the Avs a 4-2 lead at 16:01 of the second period with a one-timer from the high slot set up by Casey Mittelstadt.

"He was good tonight again," Bednar said about Parssinen. "You're seeing more of his offensive game when he's playing up [in] the lineup."

Will Borgen made it 4-3 with a goal at 18:05 of the second period when he scored from the right doorstep.

Artemi Panarin tied the game at 15:02 of the third period with a shot from the left circle.

Just after the Rangers' power play expired, Makar jumped out of the box, intercepted a pass in his own zone, skated down the ice and found Lehkonen for a right-circle one-timer with 14.7 seconds left in regulation to give the Avs a 5-4 lead. Lehkonen's 20th goal of the season marked the fifth-latest go-ahead regulation goal in franchise history.

"To be able to get [the puck] over to [Lehkonen], he's got a really good shot," Makar said. "He's got some good track records on two-on-ones."

Next Up

The Avalanche conclude their three-game road trip against the New York Islanders on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. MT on ESPN+ and Hulu.