The New York Rangers scored a sixth-attacker goal to force overtime for the second straight home game, but the Colorado Avalanche, the NHL’s best team, got a goal from NHL scoring leader Nathan MacKinnon at 2:46 of OT to leave Madison Square Garden with a 3-2 win on Saturday.
MacKinnon broke a 1-1 tie when he scored with 4:34 remaining in the third period. But with Igor Shesterkin on the bench for an extra attacker, Artemi Panarin forced overtime when he beat Mackenzie Blackwood through traffic from above the left circle with 40.9 seconds left.