Cale Makar thought it was in. So did Trent Miner from the opposite end of the ice, Jared Bednar from the bench and the sold-out Ball Arena crowd.
But Nathan MacKinnon’s slap shot 87 seconds into overtime hit off the inside of the post, giving Toronto new life. The Maple Leafs made the most of it, eventually using William Nylander’s winner through Miner’s five-hole in a 4-3 overtime defeat for Colorado on Monday at Ball Arena.
With that, the Avs’ Mile High Magic finally unraveled, snapping the team’s 17-game home winning streak. However, with a point picked up in the OT loss, Colorado extended its home point streak to 22 this year at 19-0-3, the longest home point streak in franchise history.