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Quick fired a clearing pass, and Mika Zibanejad
caught up to the puck before eventually sending a drop pass
between his legs to Lafreniere. Lafreniere shuffled the puck and
shot just as New York defenseman Erik Gustafsson skated in front
of Colorado goalie Alexandar Georgiev.
Artemi Panarin forced overtime by scoring in the third for the
Rangers, who have won two straight to improve to 6-7-2 since
Jan. 1. Quick made 32 saves, including point-blank stops of
Nathan MacKinnon and Devon Toews in overtime.
MacKinnon scored late in the first for the Avalanche, who had a
three-game winning streak snapped. Georgiev, who played the
first five seasons of his career with the Rangers, recorded 27
saves.
The Avalanche struck first late in the opening period following
an end-to-end rush in which MacKinnon did most of the work.
MacKinnon took a pass from Cale Makar in the Colorado zone,
raced into the neutral zone and managed to keep his balance
while weaving between a pair of Rangers. With New York
defenseman Braden Schneider in front of him, MacKinnon managed
to get a shot around him and over Quick's glove with 1:48 left.
The Rangers didn't draw even until the 11:17 mark of the third.
After Zibanejad won a faceoff against MacKinnon deep in the New
York zone, Panarin ended up with the puck behind the Colorado
net. He eluded Makar and skated to the edge of the blue line
before pivoting and firing a shot that sailed through a gaggle
of players in front of Georgiev and glanced off MacKinnon.
The goalies combined for four saves in the final 61 seconds of
regulation. Quick stopped a point-blank shot by Mikko Rantanen
and scrambled to cover up the puck with 1:01 seconds left before
Georgiev turned back three attempts in the final 39 seconds.
--Field Level Media
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