Back to the Colorado Avalanche Newsfeed

Nathan MacKinnon scores in OT, Avalanche beat Canucks 5-4

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Nathan MacKinnon scored his second goal of the game 27 seconds into overtime, lifting the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.

MacKinnon used his speed to go around a Canucks defender and scored on goalie Thatcher Demko’s blocker side.

Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist, and Nazem Kadri and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also scored to help the Avalanche improve to 4-1-0 in their last five games. Rookie defenseman Cale Makar added four assists.

Colorado goalie Antoine Bibeau, who was making his first NHL start since the 2016-17 season when he started two games for Toronto, stopped 28 shots.