MacKinnon skated in from the neutral zone and beat Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal on a wrist shot from the slot. The goal came after Troy Terry tied it with 13 seconds left in the third period with a wrist shot from the left circle and Dostal pulled for the extra skater.

On the opposite side of the ice, the Avs have been decimated by injury and were without Drouin and Toews in this game, along with Landeskog, Nichushkin, Lehkonen, Poolman, and Kahkonen, who are all on IR or LTIR. Alexandar Georgiev got the nod in this game for the Avs and stopped 17 of 20 shots.

That gave Anaheim a 1-0 lead at 6:05 of the first period, but that was the lesser of the two quirky Ducks goals. Late in the first period, the puck clearly hit the netting behind Georgiev and all 10 skaters on the ice stopped playing, assuming there would be a stoppage. There was even music played from the Ball Arena loudspeakers, briefly.

Lukas Dostal made 45 saves and Troy Terry tied the game with 13 seconds to play, but Nathan MacKinnon's overtime winner clinched a 4-3 victory for the Colorado Avalanche tonight at Ball Arena. NHL GAMECENTER | DUCKS STREAM The loss dropped Anaheim to 2-1-1 on the season.

Nathan MacKinnon scored at 4:19 of overtime, lifting the Colorado Avalanche to their first win of the season, a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Denver on Friday night.