In Denver, the Colorado Avalanche rallied for a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets in extra time.
Erik Johnson finished the rally with a strike at 1:49 of extra time; the Avs trailed 2-0.
The win clinched a playoff berth for the Avs.
Erik Johnson scored OT winner for Avalanche – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Philipp Grubauer made 34 saves f for the win.
“It’s pretty awesome,” Grubauer said. “The cards are freshly mixed again and it’s a new table for everybody here to play. I think with the momentum we are coming in with and if we play our game … looking forward to it.”
Tyson Barrie and Carl Soderberg scored in regulation as Colorado improved to 8-0-2 in their 10 matches.
The loss dropped the Jets into second place in the Central Division with the Nashville Predators winning on Thursday.
Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers scored for Winnipeg.
“The result, it (stinks),” Ehlers said. “We wanted the two points here tonight and I think everyone who watched this game could see that. We really took a step from our last couple of games. We fought, we got some of our identity back, and that’s what we need to keep working on now.”
The Jets let off the gas when they took the two-goal lead.
“I was happy to see it go in,” Soderberg said. “We played pretty good hockey. When we scored that one, I think we felt that was it. But it’s going to be tough being down two goals in the playoffs, so we have to clean that up.”
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Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves in the loss.
“We’ve got to take positives out of it. We came out hard, we battled for each other, we blocked shots. We did all the right things throughout the game which we were looking to do. You want to win every game. They got a bit of a lucky one to tie it up, but you have to like most of our game,” Scheifele said after the loss.
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