Martin Necas’s late goal lifts Colorado Avalanche over Edmonton Oilers 5-4

Nathan MacKinnon had a extremity and 3 assists and Cale Makar had 2 goals and an assist, arsenic the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 connected Friday, successful the last crippled for some teams earlier the 4 Nations Face-Off break.

Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas besides scored for the Avalanche (33-22-2), who person won 4 of their past five.

Leon Draisaitl and Corey Perry each had a brace of goals for the Oilers (34-17-4), who had a two-game winning streak halted.

“Just not crisp capable defensively, and evidently a mates of mistakes that ended up successful the backmost of our net,” Draisaitl said aft the game.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 stops to cod the triumph successful nett for the Avalanche.

Calvin Pickard recorded 17 saves successful the nonaccomplishment for the Oilers, coming successful to commencement the 2nd play aft starter Stuart Skinner allowed 3 goals connected 12 shots successful the opening frame.

The archetypal play saw each squad people doubly for a full of 4 goals successful a span of conscionable 2 minutes and 34 seconds.

“Definitely, they’re astir apt the astir unsafe squad disconnected the unreserved and we kept feeding that transition,” Oilers guardant Zach Hyman said.

“It’s not amusive erstwhile that happens.”

Takeaways

Avalanche: Makar leads each NHL defenceman successful goals (22) and points (63) and is connected gait for vocation years successful both. The astir goals helium has had was 28 successful 2021-22, the twelvemonth helium won the Norris Trophy arsenic the NHL’s apical defenceman, portion his champion play for points was 90 past year.

Oilers: Perry has six goals successful his past 9 games. The cagey 39-year-old seasoned has 12 goals successful 54 games this season, equalling the 12 goals successful 54 games helium had past season, divided betwixt the Chicago Blackhawks and Edmonton.

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Key moment

Colorado took a 5-4 pb with 4:22 near arsenic Pickard made a large halt connected MacKinnon, but helium tracked down his ain rebound and sent it crossed to Necas, who snapped location his 20th of the season.

Drai’s the guy

Draisaitl scored his league-leading 40th extremity of the season, becoming the 4th progressive subordinate successful the NHL to person astatine slightest six seasons with 40 goals. The German guardant is 3rd in Oilers franchise past with the six 40-goal campaigns, down Wayne Gretzky (nine) and Jari Kurri (seven). He’s conscionable the sixth European to execute the 40-goal milestone six times successful his career.

Key stat

Either Connor McDavid oregon McKinnon person been among the 3 finalists for the Hart Trophy for each of the past 8 seasons, with McDavid winning successful 2016-17, 2020-21 and 2022-23 and McKinnon emerging connected apical successful 2023-24. Additionally, Draisaitl won the Hart successful 2019-20.

Up next

Avalanche: Return from the 4 Nations Face-Off interruption connected Feb. 22 successful Nashville against the Predators

Oilers: Are disconnected until Feb. 22 erstwhile they deed the roadworthy to look the Philadelphia Flyers.