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Recap: Ducks force OT with late goal, fall 4-3 to Avalanche in Denver

Recap: Ducks force OT with late goal, fall 4-3 to Avalanche in Denver

Lukas Dostal made 45 saves and Troy Terry tied the game with 13 seconds left, but Nathan MacKinnon's overtime winner gave the Colorado Avalanche a 4-3 victory at Ball Arena tonight.

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The loss dropped Anaheim to 2-1-1 on the season.

Terry played his 20th career game against his childhood favorite team and leveled the score at three with his third goal of the season in the final minute of the game. Ryan Strome and Leo Carlsson also scored to help Anaheim take an early 2-0 lead. Olen Zellweger and Brian Dumoulin reported assists.

MacKinnon grabbed the extra point for Colorado in the final minute of overtime, securing the Avalanche's first win of the new season. Ross Colton scored two goals in the third period. Alexander Georgiev made 16 saves.

Despite an early Avalanche surge that led to several good scoring opportunities, it was the Ducks who took their first lead of the night just over five minutes into a mad scramble in the Colorado goal crease. After Brian Dumoulin shot from the point, former Duck Josh Manson tried to tie the puck to Georgiev in hopes of a whistle, but Carlsson followed the play and pushed the puck just over the line before the goaltender could cover it.

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