Avs Beat Jets, 5-4, On Makar's OT Goal

The Colorado Avalanche nearly let the game slip away.

But defenseman Cale Makar came up big with the game-winning, power play goal in overtime and the Avs beat the Winnipeg Jets, 5-4, on Friday night in Canada.

Makar's goal came after the Jets rallied with a pair of late scores in the third period.

Mark Scheifele put a puck past Pavel Francouz at 16:25 and then at 19:44, Nikolaj Ehlers tied the game at four.

But Makar's goal at 2:42 of overtime gave Colorado its fifth consecutive win.

Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Andre Burakovsky, Erik Johnson and Nathan MacKinnon also scored for the Avalanche, which is now 23-10-3 on the road.

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Colorado plays at Edmonton on Saturday, April 9 at 8 p.m. MDT.

Postgame comments from Avs forward Andre Burakovsky and head coach Jared Bednar.