In Denver Saturday, Andre Burakovsky scored with 1:31 left in extra time to send the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.
“I don’t really know what their guy was doing, he kind of just let me walk right in the middle,” Burakovsky said. “I was just a little bit patient, just trying to wait for something and not just try and take it to the net. I don’t know why he wasn’t skating with me, but I was wide open.”
The Avs had struck twice in the third period for a 2-0 lead and then watched as the Coyotes rallied to send it to the extra session.
Pavel Francouz made 34 saves in the win.
“I think we’re giving up a lot of quality chances,” Burakovsky said. “I think when we’re up 2-0 we should close the game there, but it’s always good to find a way to win the game and be 4-0-0.”
Nick Schmaltz and Michael Grabner helped the Coyotes rally with their late third period strikes.
“We battled hard,” Arizona coach Rick Tocchet said. “Other than that overtime goal, I thought we played well.”
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Antti Raanta made 29 saves in the loss.
“Last year in the second half I saw this team coming back from leads where before, not so much,” Tocchet said. “Now we have a belief if we keep doing the right things.”
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