Overview
- Brock Nelson scored two power-play goals in the opening 7:30 of the third to overturn a 3-1 deficit.
- Jack Drury tied it 33 seconds after Nelson’s first, Gabriel Landeskog scored earlier, and Nathan MacKinnon added two assists plus an awarded empty-netter.
- With Mackenzie Blackwood on injured reserve, Scott Wedgewood started and made 25 saves, including 10 in the third.
- Colorado moved to 31-2-7 with a 13-game point streak and increased its third-period goal differential to +38.
- Martin Nečas logged an assist in his Raleigh return as the teams wore Nordiques and Whalers throwbacks; Carolina welcomed back Shayne Gostisbehere but remained without Seth Jarvis and Jaccob Slavin and lost a third straight in regulation.