LAS VEGAS —

The Golden Knights, for 40 minutes, looked like they were the ones playing for the second straight day.

The Colorado Avalanche took the T-Mobile Arena ice with energy Sunday despite completing the second night of a back-to-back. But the Knights clicked into gear the final 20 minutes of regulation and first 1:23 of overtime to secure two important points in the race for playoff seeding.

Center Tomas Hertl’s game-winning goal completed his team’s three-goal comeback and finished off a 4-3 win against the Avalanche in front of an announced crowd of 18,239.

“I don’t think our guys felt like they were out of it,” coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We just needed something good to happen.”

That something didn’t appear to be coming most of the game.

The Knights trailed 3-0 entering the third period against a tired Colorado team. The Avalanche came out flying after a 7-0 home loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.

The Knights had only eight shots on goal when Colorado right wing Mikko Rantanen put his team up 3-0 with 7:10 remaining in the second period. Their first attempt at a comeback was thwarted when Hertl saw a goal come off the board 6:57 into the second period for goaltender interference.

Their second was much better.

Left wing Ivan Barbashev scored the Knights’ first goal 2:56 into the third period. Center William Karlsson then scored twice to tie the game with 3:37 remaining in regulation.

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