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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Nathan MacKinnon had been waiting for the puck to go in for him. The Colorado Avalanche center entered his fourth NHL season with plenty of promise, only to score just twice in the seasons first 15 games.The top overall draft pick in 2013 was feeling a bit better Saturday night after scoring the game-winning goal.MacKinnon brought the puck up the center of the ice and used a Wild defenseman to screen his shot, scoring with 10 minutes left to finish off Colorados third-period comeback. He added an assist in the Avalanches 3-2 win at Minnesota.MacKinnon has scored in back-to-back games to rekindle hopes of a big season after he signed a seven-year, $44.1 million contract extension in the offseason.I feel like Ive had a lot of good chances the first 17 games, MacKinnon said. When I went 10 straight without a goal, I felt like, you dont deserve goals, but you feel like youre around the net and it should start going in. It was tough there for a while and its nice to finally see a couple go in, for sure.Calvin Pickard stopped 41 shots in beating the Wild for the second time this season. Hes allowed two goals on 73 shots.If youre sharp, they throw a lot of pucks to the net and both games weve played weve been good at boxing out rebounds and letting me see the puck, Pickard said. We did that again tonight, with big efforts from our D and our forwards helping out down low as well.The Avalanche trailed 2-0 heading into the final period, but goals by Mikko Rantanen and Carl Soderberg just 3 minutes apart tied the game.Devan Dubnyk made 31 saves for Minnesota, but his shutout streak was snapped at 156 minutes, 6 seconds. Charlie Coyle and Tyler Graovac scored for the Wild, who had been 6-0-1 when leading after two periods.We stopped playing, Dubnyk said. I dont know what happened. Thats not like us. Things are going to happen, and they might get one or two, but we just stopped playing in our end. I dont know if we thought it was going to be an easy third with the way the game was going, but we had a pretty good game going and thats a waste of a game.Colorado earned its first victory of the season when trailing after two. The Avalanche were 0-9-0 when entering the second intermission with a deficit.Third periods havent been our friend this season, MacKinnon said. Weve been struggling late in games. For whatever reason, we cant seem to tie it up and get the win. Were going to feed off this. Scoring three goals in the third period is big, after being shut out after two. Beating a goalie like Dubnyk is no easy task.Dubnyk had allowed just nine goals in his previous nine starts.The flurry of goals came in the third, but the teams traded shots in the first. They combined for 41 shots in the period, setting a Minnesota record for one period. The Wild had 21 shots, a franchise mark for the first period.Game notes Minnesota forward Zach Parise was scratched prior to the game with an illness. He had returned to play two games after missing six because of a lower-body injury. ... Colorado C Matt Duchene (concussion) missed his fourth straight game, while F Gabriel Landeskog (lower-body injury) missed his second game in a row. ... The Avalanche were fifth in the NHL in most penalty minutes per game coming in and proceeded to take five minor penalties. The Wild went 1 of 4 on the power play. ... Minnesota started a stretch of three straight games and four of five against Central Division opponents. ... Wild D Marco Scandella (high ankle sprain) returned to practice Friday. Scandella has missed eight games and is eligible to return from long-term injured reserve next week.UP NEXTAvalanche: Colorados three-game road trip ends Monday against the Columbus Blue Jackets.Wild: Minnesota has a one-game trip to Dallas on Monday. 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Great Britain need to win one of Sundays singles matches against Serbia to reach the Davis Cup semifinals after Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot won the doubles rubber in Belgrade.The defending champions led overnight thanks to Kyle Edmunds convincing victory over Janko Tipsarevic but James Ward was just as well beaten by Dusan Lajovic in the delayed second rubber played on Saturday afternoon.That left the tie firmly in the balance, with the doubles rubber seen as crucial to both teams hopes, but especially to those of Britain.There were plenty of nerves on show but the British pair recovered from a wobble at the end of the second set and the start of the third to win 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4.Murray and Inglot had only played one previous Davis Cup rubber together before, losing to Americas Bryan brothers in the opening round last year.The Murray brothers teamed up for the rest of the title-winning campaign, leaving Inglot sitting on the sidelines and still waiting for his first victory in the competition.That was expected to come here, with Serbia fielding Nenad Zimonjic, a classy but fading doubles force at the age of 40, and the inexperienced Filip Krajinovic. The Serbians had named Tipsarevic in their doubles pair at the draw on Thursday but he revealed after Fridays match that he was struggling with illness.He hinted that Krajinovic, who had not playyed a match since May because of injury, was also far from 100 percent, and the 24-year-old looked distinctly rusty as Britain raced through the opening set with the sun finally shining over the Tasmajdan Stadium.ddddddddddddMurray and Inglot had chances in the second set, too, missing four break points, and Zimonjic took full advantage in the tie-break. The start of the third set was the key to the match, with Serbia now playing confidently, and both Inglot and Murray came under pressure on their serves.But they weathered it and finally ended a run of nine unconverted break points when Zimonjic double-faulted to trail 5-3. Britain made it five games in a row to lead 2-0 in the fourth and survived a nervy last service game from Inglot to make it 15 doubles victories from the last 17 rubbers.Earlier, Ward, whose ranking has slipped to 240, played like a man lacking in form and confidence as he went down 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 to world No.81 Lajovic.Edmund will have the chance to win the tie when he takes on Lajovic, the Serbian No.1 in the absence of Novak Djokovic and Troicki, in what looks a very tough match to call. A Lajovic win would send the tie into a decisive fifth rubber between Ward and either Tipsarevic or Krajinovic. ' ' '