Martin Necas tied it with 11 seconds left in the third period and Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen scored in a shootout to give the Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night at the United Center.

Cale Makar pulled the Avalanche within 2-1 midway through the third period with his career-high 29th goal of the season, and Necas completed the comeback with his 27th. Necas deflected Makar’s point shot past goalie Spencer Knight.

Scott Wedgewood stopped 22 shots for the Avs.

Ilya Mikheyev opened the scoring for the Hawks in the first with a short-handed goal, and Connor Murphy made it 2-0 midway through the second. Knight made 29 saves in the Hawks’ 11th loss in 12 games.

Mikheyev’s 18th goal of the season was his third short-handed. He’s the only Hawks player with a short-handed goal in 2024-25.

Teuvo Terevainen scored the lone shootout goal for the Hawks. After the first three shooters failed to score, MacKinnon scored, Terevainen followed with his goal and Necas then ended it.

The shootout loss gave the Hawks (21-44-10) their 52th point of the season, matching last season’s total.

Originally Published: April 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM CDT