Avs rally, defeat Blackhawks in OT
The official game summary between Chicago Blackhawks and Colorado Avalanche.Erik Johnson scored at 1:57 of overtime to give the Colorado Avalanche a 4-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at Pepsi Center on Tuesday.
The loss prevented the Blackhawks (50-22-8) from breaking the franchise record for road wins; they are 24-12-3 on the road this season.
Chicago has already clinched the Central Division and No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.
Marcus Kruger, Artemi Panarin and Ryan Hartman scored in the second period to give the Blackhawks a 3-0 lead.
Mikhail Grigorenko, Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog also scored for the Avalanche (22-54-3), who had a season-high 51 shots.
Grigorenko tied the game 3-3 with his 10th goal at 5:46 of the third period off a pass from Duchene.
Chicago took a 3-0 lead on Kruger's breakaway goal against Calvin Pickard at 10:57 of the second period. The Avalanche answered with shorthanded goals by Duchene and Landeskog 4:15 apart to make it 3-2.
Duchene converted Matt Nieto's pass on a 2-on-1 at 12:16 for his 18th goal and Landeskog banked his own rebound off Scott Darling at 16:31 for his 17th.
Panarin gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 28 seconds into the period. Patrick Kane passed to Panarin, who was wide open at the left circle for a one-timer and his 30th goal.
Hartman made it 2-0 at 4:15. Kruger skated down right wing and fed Hartman, who slipped the puck between Pickard's pads for his 19th goal.
Colorado outshot Chicago 16-3 in a scoreless first period.
-- by Rick Sadowski for nhl.com --
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05/04/2017 - 08:00
