Andre Burakovsky won the puck in the corner and fed Kurtis MacDermid in the high slot for the tough defenseman’s first goal of the year that banged in off the post to Ullmark’s right. But the Avs took the lead at 11:25 after a dump-in. The B’s killed that without allowing a shot, as well as a later tripping penalty on Charlie McAvoy. Hall, despite the virtual legality of the hit, would be a marked man the rest of the night. Upon further review, it was dropped down to a two-minute minor - rules stipulate that it can’t be completely rescinded - and MacKinnon was done for the game. He went down hard, bleeding profusely, and Hall was originally assessed a five-minute major. Because MacKinnon’s stick was up high, it rode up and hit him square in the nose. As Avs’ star Nathan MacKinnon broke the puck out of the Colorado zone, Taylor Hall hit him with a check to the shoulder. The B’s found themselves on the kill early when an unfortunate incident happened just 2:22 into the game. Then in OT, Mike Reilly tripped Nichushkin and, with 13 seconds left on the power play, Makar sizzled a shot under the bar for the win. They got fortunate on the second goal to give them some life, but they made their plays when they had to.” “It’s unfortunate we weren’t able to battle that puck out,” said Cassidy. He relayed it to Nazem Kadri, who spotted the recovered Landeskog on the right side for the backdoor goal.

On the equalizer, Landeskog was able to somehow deflect Brad Marchand’s clear attempt into the middle of the ice it to Valeri Nichushkin. At the end of the day, we didn’t get it done. We knew that, so we’ve got to protect the middle of the ice to force them to shoot through us. They got a lucky goal, but their defensemen are good at getting pucks through to the net and we saw it on three of the goals. You’re going to get fatigued and sure enough, they start winning some faceoffs and we’re pulling it out of our net. “The biggest thing for me is watching us play the whole period in our own end because we couldn’t execute a breakout pass,” said Cassidy. Samuel Girard threw a left-point shot toward the net, hitting Curtis Lazar out high, bouncing off the ice a couple of times before hitting the near post and getting past Ullmark. The Avs outshot them 18-7 in the third and, when you spend that amount of time in your own zone, something bad is bound to happen.

The B’s took a 3-1 lead into the third but they allowed the expected wave from Colorado to turn into a tsunami by playing too cautiously, in coach Bruce Cassidy’s estimation. The loss squandered an outstanding 37-save performance by Linus Ullmark. It was the Avs’ 17th straight win at home and eighth consecutive victory overall. The B’s blew a two-goal third-period lead, the equalizer coming with 36.5 seconds left in regulation from Gabriel Landeskog with their goalie Darcy Kuemper pulled, and Cale Makar scored a power-play goal with 1:59 left in overtime to lift the Avs to a 4-3 win. Instead, they became just another notch on the Colorado Avalanche’s belt in the Avs’ increasingly special season. The Bruins were on the verge of notching their signature win of the season at Ball Arena on Wednesday night.

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