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McDavid’s Late Power-Play Winner Sends Oilers Past Avalanche as MacKinnon Is Ejected

Tristan Jarry replaced an injured Connor Ingram after a crease collision with Nathan MacKinnon.

Overview

  • Edmonton beat Colorado 4-3 in Denver, with Connor McDavid scoring the go-ahead power-play goal at 10:57 of the third period.
  • Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice and Jack Roslovic added a goal for the Oilers, while Ross Colton, Martin Necas and Valeri Nichushkin scored for the Avalanche.
  • MacKinnon received a five-minute major for goaltender interference and a game misconduct after his knee struck Ingram’s head late in the second period.
  • The Oilers went 2-for-4 on the power play against a Colorado penalty kill that entered the game ranked third in the NHL.
  • Colorado’s five-game winning streak ended as Mackenzie Blackwood allowed four goals on 24 shots, and Colton later left with an upper-body injury.