Matt Duchene scores 2nd goal in OT, Predators top Avalanche 5-4

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Matt Duchene scored 2 goals, including the game-winner connected a powerfulness play 3:01 into overtime, and the streaking Nashville Predators bushed the Colorado Avalanche 5-4 connected Tuesday night.

Luke Kunin besides scored twice, Tanner Jeannot added a extremity and Juuse Saros made 40 saves to assistance Nashville triumph its 5th straight. Roman Josi had 3 assists.

Cale Makar had a extremity and 2 assists for Colorado, which had won 5 successful a row. Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Andre Burakovsky and Nathan MacKinnon besides scored for the Avalanche, and Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves.

In overtime, J.T. Compher blocked Josi’s changeable attempt, but the rebound caromed to Duchene successful the slot, wherever helium fired the puck past Kuemper.

Late successful the 3rd play and with the Avalanche trailing by a goal, Makar drove from the bluish enactment to the close circle, wherever helium snapped a wrist changeable implicit Saros’ mitt for different highlight-reel extremity for the young defenseman.

The teams entered the 3rd play with Nashville holding a 3-2 advantage. They traded power-play goals, with MacKinnon tying the crippled astatine 5:21 earlier Duchene answered astatine the 10-minute mark.

Jeannot scored the game’s archetypal extremity astatine 2:32 of the opening play and Kunin gave Nashville a 2-0 pb with 55.3 seconds remaining successful the first.

Aube-Kubel halved the Nashville pb astatine 8:15 of the second, burying the rebound of Nazem Kadri’s shot. Burakovsky tied it little than 4 minutes later.

BOROWIECKI SIDELINED

On his goal, Burakovsky’s archetypal changeable was blocked by Nashville defenseman Mark Borowiecki. After blocking the changeable with his hip, Borowiecki stayed down connected the crystal portion play was allowed to continue. Burakovsky past bushed Saros with a wrist changeable nether the crossbar.

After blocking Burakovsky’s shot, Borowiecki had to beryllium helped disconnected of the crystal by a brace of teammates. He did not instrumentality to the game.

CONSISTENT KADRI

With a brace of assists, Kadri extended his constituent streak to 8 games. Over that stretch, Kadri has 2 goals and 12 assists. He is 1 crippled shy of equaling his idiosyncratic champion nine-game constituent streak acceptable successful November 2017.

Kadri has astatine slightest 1 constituent successful 13 consecutive games successful which helium has appeared successful the lineup. An wounded sidelined him for 3 games successful December, ending his erstwhile streak.

LINEUP SHAKEUP

Prior to the game, the Avalanche announced that defenseman Bowen Byrum had near the squad for idiosyncratic reasons and would not play Tuesday.

Center Darren Helm missed the crippled owed to a lower-body injury. Mikhail Maltsev was recalled from the taxi squad.

UP NEXT

Avalanche: Host the Arizona Coyotes successful the archetypal limb of a home-and-home, back-to-back set.

Predators: Host the Buffalo Sabres connected Thursday.