DENVER (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored the only goal in the shootout to help the Colorado Avalanche rally for a 3-2 win over the short-handed Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.
Coyle beat Akira Schmid with a shot into the top corner. Scott Wedgewood had 19 saves through overtime, and stopped all three Vegas shots in the shootout.
Trailing 2-0 in the second, Colorado tied it up with a power-play goal from Valeri Nichushkin that was ruled no-goal but overturned on review, and a score from Jimmy Vesey.
It was Colorado’s 23rd comeback win of the season. Nathan MacKinnon recorded an assist in extending his home point streak to 26 games.
William Karlsson had a short-handed score, his first goal since Dec. 21, for the Golden Knights, while Brayden McNabb added another. The team was missing leading-scorer Jack Eichel (upper body) along with defensemen Nicolas Hague and Alex Pietrangelo (both with an illness).
Schmid made 34 saves on a night Vegas was outshot 36-21. It snapped a streak of seven straight games where the Golden Knights limited opponents to 24 shots or fewer.
Takeaways
Golden Knights: Forward Keegan Kolesar spent part of his 28th birthday in the penalty box for fighting.
Avalanche: Vesey scored his first goal with Colorado. He was acquired in the deal with the New York Rangers on March 1 that also landed defenseman Ryan Lindgren.
Key moment
Schmid made a sensational save with his glove while on his back midway through the second period. A video review, though, showed Schmid’s glove was in the net with the puck and the no-goal call was overturned.
Key stat
The Knights went 0 for 4 on the power play, and the Avalanche were 1 for 4.
Up next
Avalanche host Vancouver in their home finale on Thursday, and Golden Knights host Seattle.
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