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CHICAGO — Cale Makar scored connected a slick determination 2:38 into overtime, and the surging Colorado Avalanche bushed the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 connected Tuesday night.
Makar skated into the near circle, spun distant from Chicago halfway Kirby Dach and past drove to the net. The defenseman bushed Marc-Andre Fleury connected the instrumentality broadside for his 14th goal.
Colorado guardant Logan O’Connor and Chicago skipper Jonathan Toews each had a changeable spell disconnected a station successful overtime earlier Makar’s game-winner.
Fellow defenseman Erik Johnson had 2 goals arsenic Colorado won for the seventh clip successful 8 games. Alex Newhook besides scored, and Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves.
Chicago dropped its 5th consecutive game. Alex DeBrincat scored 2 power-play goals connected consecutive shots, and Toews scored successful the 2nd period. Fleury finished with 29 stops.
Led by DeBrincat and Patrick Kane, the Blackhawks moved successful beforehand with 2 goals successful 40 seconds successful the 3rd period. First, DeBrincat converted a one-timer disconnected a walk from Kane, and past helium got his 20th extremity erstwhile helium bushed Kuemper disconnected different assistance from Kane astatine 2:58.
The Avalanche tied it again erstwhile Johnson’s changeable from the broadside appeared to spell disconnected the instrumentality of Blackhawks defenseman Jake McCabe and past Fleury astatine 11:44.
It was the archetypal gathering betwixt the Central Division teams since Colorado’s 4-2 triumph successful the play opener Oct. 13. The Avalanche jumped each implicit the Blackhawks successful the archetypal game, opening a 3-0 pb 9:34 into the archetypal period.
Colorado got disconnected to different accelerated commencement successful its archetypal travel to Chicago this season. Johnson’s changeable from adjacent the bluish enactment traveled done postulation successful beforehand earlier beating Fleury connected the instrumentality broadside astatine 7:43, and Newhook made it 2-0 erstwhile helium converted a backhand with 6:06 near successful the opening period.
The Avalanche astir had different 3-0 lead, but Fleury robbed Tyson Jost with his near limb with 1:40 left.
Johnson’s extremity was his 4th of the play and No. 30 for Colorado’s defensemen.
Chicago responded with a overmuch amended show successful the second. Toews poked location a rebound for his 4th extremity astatine 4:47. Henrik Borgstrom astir tied the crippled successful the last minute, but helium was denied by Kuemper.
WORTH NOTING
The Blackhawks moved guardant MacKenzie Entwistle from the taxi squad to the progressive roster, and guardant Josiah Slavin was reassigned to Rockford of the American Hockey League. Entwistle picked up an assistance connected Toews’ goal.
UP NEXT
Avalanche: Host the Winnipeg Jets connected Thursday night.
Blackhawks: At the Arizona Coyotes connected Thursday night.
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