In Denver, the Colorado Avalanche rallied from a 2-4 deficit on two goals in the third period to force their game with the Columbus Blue Jackets into extra time on Wednesday night.
The Jackets responded in the extra session when Jake Bean picked up his second goal of the game to down the Avs, 5-4.
“My guy kind of came off me, and there’s 100 percent chance he’s going go to pass it to me every single time,” Bean said. “It was a good play by [Voracek] and it was nice to finish it off.”
Joonas Korpisalo made 28 saves in the Columbus win.
The Blue Jackets fell behind 0-2 early and rallied on four straight goals for the 4-2 lead heading into the third period.
Bowen Byram (two goals) after J.T. Compher scored in the third period to get the Avs even.
“It’s great to score goals, but at the end of the day you want to win hockey games,” Byram said. “We were lucky to get a point out of that one. You never want to be in that position late on the third period. You’re not going to score two goals with two minutes left every game.”
Boone Jenner had a single marker for the Jackets.
“If you go back and look at all the goals we gave up, I don’t like any of them. They were all preventable,” Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said.
Cole Sillinger potted two goals as well for Columbus.
“Sometimes you go into the third period down 2-0, you feel like you can’t score,” Bean said. “Just getting one, you know you can get two. Just having that belief instilled in the guys we took advantage of it.”
Logan O’Connor also scored for Colorado, his goal gave the Avs an early 1-0 lead.
Jonas Johansson made 32 saves in the Colorado loss.
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