EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) 鈥� Cale Makar scored at 2:09 of overtime and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
The teams met for the first time since the Avalanche swept the Oilers 4-0 in the Western Conference final last season en route to the Stanley Cup title.
鈥淚t was a big win for us, we needed that,鈥� Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. 鈥淚t gets a little tense when you lose five in a row and you feel like you鈥檙e playing well, then you go down 2-0, but the guys were really focused tonight.鈥�
Nathan MacKinnon and Brad Hunt also scored for Colorado and Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves. The Avalanche improved to 20-15-3.
鈥淚鈥檓 really happy with the way we played tonight,鈥� Bednar said. 鈥淚 thought it was a full 60, no question. Even though the score was leaning the other way after 40 minutes, I thought 5-on-5 the guys played really well.鈥�
Zach Hyman scored twice for Edmonton to reach 20 goals and Stuart Skinner stopped 43 shots. The Oilers dropped to 21-17-3, losing for the sixth time in their last seven home games.
鈥淚t was a frustrating one for us,鈥� Oilers defenseman Tyson Barrie said. 鈥淲e had two posts in overtime. Maybe we get one of those and it is a celebration in here instead.鈥�
Hyman scored power-play goals late in each of the first two periods.
Colorado cut it to 2-1 at 3:06 into the third period when MacKinnon split the defense and muscled a puck over Skinner鈥檚 shoulder for his 10th of the season.
The Avs tied it at 8:19 with the teams playing 4 on 4, with Hunt racing to keep a puck in at the zone and snapping a shot past Skinner for his first of the season.
鈥淕oing into the third, we thought we were the better team even though we were down two,鈥� said Avs forward Evan Rodrigues, who had two assists. 鈥淲e just stuck with it and we got a huge two points.鈥�
The Oilers hit two posts in overtime before Makar was able to pick the corner to end it.
鈥淭ough, tough way to lose,鈥� Skinner said. 鈥淚鈥檓 obviously pretty frustrated right now. Yeah, it sucks.鈥�
UP NEXT
Avalanche: Host Florida on Tuesday night.
Oilers: At Los Angeles on Monday night.
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