Nathan MacKinnon scored 2 minutes, 55 seconds into overtime after the Avalanche overcame a late two-goal deficit as Colorado beat the Red Wings 4-3 in Detroit on Sunday night.
Niklas Kronwall put Detroit ahead 3-1 with 8:53 left in the third period, but Nail Yakupov made it 3-2 on a power play with 6:15 remaining before Carl Soderberg tied it with Colorado’s goalie pulled in the final minute.
MacKinnon snapped a low shot to the short side past goalie Jimmy Howard for the winner.
“I’ve liked the way our team’s kind of kept battling,” Colorado head coach Jared Bednar said.