Devon Toews gives Avalanche win over Rangers in OT

Devon Toews scored with 37 seconds left in overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in Denver on Tuesday night.

Artturi Lehkonen and Parker Kelly also scored, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for Colorado.

The Rangers dominated the first part of overtime, including several chances on a power play, before the Avalanche capitalized in the final minute of overtime.

Logan O'Connor passed it to MacKinnon above the left circle, MacKinnon sent a pass to Toews in the right circle, and he beat Igor Shesterkin on the short side to win it for Colorado.

Sam Carrick had a goal and an assist, Adam Edstrom had a goal and Shesterkin turned away 23 shots for New York, which had its two-game winning streak stopped.

It was the fifth straight game between the teams that has gone beyond regulation.

The Avalanche got the early lead when Cale Makar kept the puck in the offensive zone with a pass to Ross Colton. Colton fed Kelly as he skated toward the right circle, and then Kelly beat Shesterkin with a slap shot at 4:53 of the first.

Colorado looked to go up two goals when it went on a power play 8:58 into the first. The Avalanche worked the puck around the New York zone, but Makar couldn't corral it near the blue line. Carrick picked it up, skated in alone on Blackwood and beat him just inside the right post at 11:55.

It stayed that way until midway through the second period, when Carrick picked up a loose puck in his own end, skated into the neutral zone and centered it to Edstrom. He skated ahead of the defense and beat Blackwood with a wrister at 9:59.

Blackwood came off for an extra skater with 2:14 left, and Lehkonen tied when he knocked in Mikko Rantanen's rebound at 18:47.

--Field Level Media