A call to Toronto and a video replay helped the Avalanche extend its club-record home winning streak to 14 games on Monday afternoon at Ball Arena.
Nathan MacKinnon’s go-ahead goal with 3:32 remaining in regulation stood up, and although the Minnesota Wild tied the game shortly thereafter, the Avs triumphed it in a shootout and skated off 4-3 winners in front of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day crowd.
Winger Mikko Rantanen scored the only goal in the three-round shootout, and Avs goalie Pavel Francouz — who came off the bench for starter Darcy Kuemper in the second period — stopped all three shots.