Rapid Recap: Avalanche 2, Coyotes 1 (OT)

Gabriel Landeskog scored in the final minute of overtime to give the Colorado Avalanche a 2-1 win against the Arizona Coyotes at Ball Arena on Wednesday.
The Avs held a 46-14 edge in shots on goal in the contest, the 14th consecutive game that they have limited the opposition to less than 30 shots.
Brandon Saad opened the game's scoring with his ninth tally of the year 1:23 into the outing, while Philipp Grubauer made 13 saves. Andre Burakovsky and Devon Toews assisted on Saad's marker, and Samuel Girard had the helper on the game-winner.

Nick Schmaltz scored for the Coyotes while goalie Antti Raanta made 44 saves.

THE GOALS

1st Period
1:23 COL (1-0) - Brandon Saad scored the first goal of the game after Andre Burakovsky found him cutting into the slot.
2nd Period
18:05 ARI (1-1) - Tyler Pitlick's shot from the right circle bounced off Nick Schmaltz and into the net.
3rd Period
No Scoring
Overtime
4:22 COL (2-1) - Gabriel Landeskog scored through traffic with a shot that went glove side, top shelf
Final: Avalanche - 2 | Coyotes - 1 (OT)

POWER PLAYS

Colorado: 0 for 5
Arizona: 0 for 2

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Colorado:Philipp Grubauer stopped 13 shots in his 20th start of the year.
Arizona:Antti Raanta made 44 saves on 46 shots.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

The Avs held Arizona to14 shots on goal, the second consecutive outing that they held Arizona to 14 shots and the 14th consecutive game that they have limited the opposition to less than 30 shots. It ties the franchise record of 14 straight games without allowing 30 shots. The last time the team accomplished the feat was Feb. 21 to March 22, 2001.
Colorado entered the night having given up the fewest shots per game in the NHL at 25.7.

NOTEBOOK

Nathan MacKinnon skated in his 545th career game, passing Peter Forsberg (544) for the ninth-most games played in an Avalanche sweater (since 1995)... Gabriel Landeskog scored his second overtime goal of the season and sixth of his career... Brandon Saad scored and now has three goals and two assists in the past four games... Burakovsky had an assist to extend his point streak to three games (one goal, two assists)... It was the fourth of eight meetings between the clubs this season. The Avs are 3-1-0 so far against the Coyotes, 2-0-0 on the road and 1-1-0 at home... Colorado is now 8-2-0 following a loss of any kind this season... The Avalanche is 12-3-1 when scoring first this year... Colorado is 8-2-2 in one-goal games... The Avs improve to 2-1-1 after four contests of their season-long nine-game homestand.

BIG HIGHLIGHT

IMAGE OF THE GAME

Flexin' G

ROSTER REPORT

Nathan MacKinnon returned to the lineup and skated on a line with Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen. Tyson Jost centered a unit with Valeri Nichushkin and Joonas Donskoi, while the trio of Brandon Saad, Nazem Kadri and Andre Burakovsky and the Matt Calvert-Pierre-Edouard Bellemare-Logan O'Connor combination stayed the same. Colorado also made a slight change on its defense with Ryan Graves and Devon Toews being paired together to begin the outing, and Dan Renouf and Greg Pateryn also serving as a defensive duo. Philipp Grubauer made his 20th start of the season.

INJURY UPDATE

Forward J.T. Compher and defenseman Dennis Gilbert, who are both out with upper-body injuries, were non-contact participants in morning skate. Compher has missed three games and is day-to-day while Gilbert is recovering from surgery he needed after his last outing on Feb. 16. Young blueliners Bowen Byram, Cale Makar and Conor Timmins are all day-to-day with upper-body injuries, while defenseman Erik Johnson (upper body) and goaltender Pavel Francouz (lower body) remain out long term.

UP NEXT

The Avalanche hosts the Los Angeles Kings on Friday and Sunday in the fifth and sixth outings of Colorado's nine-game homestand. Friday's contest is set for 7 p.m. MT and will be broadcast on Altitude 2 while Sunday's matchup is scheduled for 5 p.m. MT and will be aired nationally and exclusively on NBCSN.

LINE COMBINATIONS

Based on 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
34 Jacob MacDonald - 49 Samuel Girard
27 Ryan Graves - 7 Devon Toews
2 Dan Renouf - 5 Greg Pateryn
Goaltenders
31 Philipp Grubauer
32 Hunter Miska