It took more than 60 minutes to decide the winner of the 4 Nations Face-Off. After several huge saves by Jordan Binnington at one end, Connor McDavid was left all alone in in the slot and his shot beat Connor Hellebuyck over the glove,

Colton Parayko had the go-ahead score in St. Louis’ three-goal second period Sunday night, Jordan Binnington made 27 saves and the Blues topped the Colorado Avalanche 3-1. Dylan Holloway and Brayden Schenn also scored,

For the second straight season, the Colorado Avalanche were hot going into the midseason break and then stumbled its way through a road trip coming out of it.

Binnington stopped 28 of 29 shots on Sunday night against Colorado, and the only goal he gave up was Devon Toews’ tip from the high slot.

Off, the prevailing sentiment on Team Canada was it was an excellent team everywhere it counted – except for their goaltending.

Toews gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 7:49 of the first period when he got a high-slot tip of Makar’s wrister from the right point. Makar earned his 400th NHL point on the assist, making him the third-fastest defenseman in NHL history to reach the milestone in his 374th game. Only Bobby Orr (333) and Paul Coffey (359) did it in fewer games.

Colorado Avalanche superstar defenseman Cale Makar was an integral part of Team Canada's win at the 4 Nations Face-Off. And in his second game back from the best-on-best tournament, Makar reached another career plateau on offense -- but the Avs still lost the game to the St.

The Blues used a three-goal second period to zoom past Colorado 3-1 on Sunday night, picking up points for the fifth time in the last six games.