NASHVILLE — The power play helped the Colorado Avalanche salvage a point and turned a regulation loss into a coin toss.

For the fourth time in as many tries this season, the shootout did not flip the Avs’ way. This one took a scary turn though.

Ryan O’Reilly scored the lone shootout goal for the Nashville Predators in a 4-3 victory Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. O’Reilly scored as the first shooter, but then Filip Forsberg crashed into Avs goalie Scott Wedgewood during the second attempt.

Wedgewood was down for a bit, but stayed in the game and faced Nashville’s third shooter, Steven Stamkos. Before Avs captain Gabe Landeskog could attempt to extend the shootout with Colorado’s third try, the NHL’s concussion spotter made Wedgwood leave the ice.

“(It was) the spotter from the coll

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