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Colorado played without star center Nathan
MacKinnon, who was cleared to go after the morning skate but was
held out of the lineup. MacKinnon took a hit to the head at San
Jose on Wednesday night.
Adam Henrique and Jakob Silfverberg scored goals and John Gibson
made 31 saves for the Ducks.
The teams traded chances in the extra period until Nichushkin
won it for the Avalanche. He got the puck entering the Anaheim
zone, skated behind the defense and slid a shot through Gibson
for his fourth goal of the season.
Anaheim took the lead with a goal late in the first period.
Rickard Rakell had the puck behind the Colorado net and fed
Henrique in the slot. Henrique's wrister beat Grubauer at 19:50
to put the Ducks ahead at the intermission. It was his fifth of
the season.
Silfverberg made it 2-0 early in the second when he stole the
puck in the Avalanche zone, skated down the right side and beat
Grubauer with a shot to the top corner on the short side at
2:22. It was also his fifth of the season.
Colorado had chances early in the second period, including
Nichushkin hitting both posts on a shot, before finally breaking
through.
Saad kept the puck in the Anaheim zone, and Joonas Donskoi
picked it up. He feathered a pass to the front of the net, where
Nichushkin swept it through Gibson at 14:46 to put the Avalanche
on the board.
Colorado wasted little time in getting even. Tyson Jost sent a
sharp-angled backhander at Gibson, and Saad poked in the loose
puck in the crease at 17:23 of the second. It was his seventh of
the year.
--Field Level Media
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