Nathan MacKinnon scored the only goal of the shootout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 2-1 Saturday night for their season-high fifth straight win.
The Montreal Canadiens plan to select with the first pick in the NHL draft, general manager Kent Hughes joked they’ll end up with all three of Shane Wright, Juraj Slafkovsky and Logan Cooley.
Behind a goal and an assist from MacKinnon, the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the final
Tyler Bozak scored 3:38 into overtime and the St. Louis Blues fended off elimination in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals. overcoming a three-goal deficit in a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
Mikko Rantanen scored a power-play goal in overtime, Philipp Grubauer outdueled Marc-Andre Fleury as the Avalanche beat the Knights 3-2 to take a 2-0 lead in their 2nd round playoff series.
Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog each scored twice as the well-rested Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 7-1 in a skirmish-filled Game 1.
Nathan MacKinnon finished his first career playoff hat trick with an empty-net goal to help the Colorado Avalanche pull away late for a 6-3 win over St. Louis.
MacKinnon kept up his scoring spree with a second-period goal, Philipp Grubauer stopped 32 shots for his first career playoff shutout and the Avalanche beat San Jose 3-0.