The Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5.
Mikko Rantanen finally became the decider of the Avalanche–Oilers match. AOP / USA TODAY Sports
The Colorado Alalanche returned from the mini-tour with routine wins over the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues, but there were considerable starting challenges on home ice on Sunday.
The Edmonton Oilers froze, clinically killed their superiors and sneaked into a 3-0 lead before the middle of the match.
The first two did Warren FoegeleDanube pier, who had managed to sit two second before his hits. The not-so-energetic play of the Avalanche defenders led to Foegele’s surprising power play.
The third hit was a real beauty: by Zach Hyman hairdressing, by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins transverse feed and Leon Draisaitl finish.
Avalanche pounded by Nathan MacKinnon (1+2) in the lead to join the battle for victory and eventually draw. When the last vito was already running, Artturi Lehkonen, a specialist in the mask game, got his bat free and directed By JT Compher past the shot by Jack Campbell: 5 to 5.
Mikko Rantanen became the winner in the last minute of overtime. He dropped Darnell Nurse from his ride, misled Campbell and lifted the puck nicely into the net.
Makar away
Rantanen clocked 26:30 playing time, Lehkonen’s 21:55.
Jesse Puljujärvi played a decent game but only got 8.15 ice time. The input point was logged from the groundwork Tyson Barrie 2-4 hit at the end of the second period.
Cale Makar was missing from the Avalanche lineup due to a lower body injury. He was hit in the head in the previous game, the first after a week and a half of concussion injury.
At the weekend, Justus Annunen, who played the third NHL game of his career, was on the hatch shift.