If the Avalanche sweeps its three-game road trip by downing the Oilers on Saturday night in Edmonton, it will tie the single-season club record of 52 wins, shared by the 2000-01 and 2013-14 teams.
The NHL-leading Avs got to No. 51 on Friday at Winnipeg in a back-and-forth affair with the Jets.
Avs winger Mikko Rantanen took a costly late cross-checking penalty which the Jets’ Nikolaj Ehlers capitalized on to force overtime, but Ehlers was penalized for slashing 45 seconds into OT and Cale Makar made him pay.
Makar scored his 25th goal of the season with four seconds remaining on the man-advantage to improve Colorado’s league-best record to 51-14-6.