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Coyotes overcome 4-goal deficit to stun Avalanche in overtime

TEMPE, Ariz. — The things continued for the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.

First, Nathan MacKinnon kept on scoring, netting a goal and an assist to extend his points streak to 19 games, one short of the Avalanche record set by Paul Stastny in 2006-07.

Second, the Avs continued their struggles away from home, falling to 0-3-3 in their last six road games after squandering a four-goal lead to the Coyotes.

Jack McBain scored with 20 seconds left in the overtime and the Arizona overcame a 4-0 deficit to beat Colorado 5-4.

McBain scored on a scramble in front of the net to give Arizona its fifth victory in six games.

With goalie Karel Vejmelka off for an extra attacker, Sean Durzi tied it at 4 with a wrist shot from between the circles with 2:07 remaining in regulation. Durzi also had three assists.

Lawson Crouse, Michael Kesselring and Jason Zucker also scored for Arizona, and Vejmelka made 20 saves. The Coyotes overcame a three-goal deficit in a 4-3 victory over Ottawa on Dec. 19.

MacKinnon also has an NHL-high 27 points in December, a career high for a month, and is a point short of Stastny’s team record for points in a month.

Mikko Rantanen also had a goal and an assist for Colorado, Jonathan Drouin and Logan O’Connor also scored and Alexandar Georgiev made 22 saves.

MacKinnon gave Colorado a 4-0 lead on a two-man advantage with 6:34 left in the second period.

Crouse scored with 3:29 left in the second on a wrist shot from the right circle. Kesselring cut it to two goals at 3:48 of the third, and Zucker made it 4-3 on a wraparound at 7:04.

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Avalanche: At St. Louis on Friday night.

Coyotes: At Anaheim on Friday night.

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