Martin Nečas tied it with 11 seconds left and Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen scored in a shootout to give the Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night at the United Center.
Cale Makar pulled the Avalanche to 2-1 midway through the third period with his career-high 29th goal of the season, and Nečas completed the comeback with his 27th. Nečas deflected Makar’s point shot past goalie Spencer Knight.
Scott Wedgewood stopped 22 shots for Colorado.
Ilya Mikheyev opened the scoring for the Hawks in the first with a short-handed goal, and Connor Murphy made it 2-0 midway through the second. Knight made 29 saves.
Teuvo Teräväinen scored the lone shootout goal for the Hawks. After the first three shooters failed to score, MacKinnon scored, Teräväinen followed with his goal and Lehkonen then ended it.
Colorado snapped a two-game losing streak. The Hawks lost for the 11th time in 12 games.
Takeaways
Avalanche: Colorado won despite the power play misfiring, with only four shots in four advantages.
Blackhawks: The shootout loss gave the Blackhawks their 52nd point of the season, matching last season’s total.
Key moment
The Avalanche killed off a penalty by MacKinnon with 3:42 remaining, setting the stage for Nečas’ tying goal.
Key stat
Mikheyev’s short-handed goal was his third of the season. He’s the only Blackhawks player with a short-handed goal this season.
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The Avalanche are at Columbus on Thursday night. The Blackhawks are at Washington on Friday night.