Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Tallies twice in win
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MacKinnon scored two goals on six shots in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Canucks.
MacKinnon battled an illness Monday but was healthy enough to play in this contest. The 30-year-old only went on to log 22:15 of ice time, most among Colorado forwards, while scoring in the final minute of both the first and second periods. If he wasn't quite 100 percent, he didn't show it. MacKinnon has five goals and four assists during a four-game multi-point streak, during which he's added 20 shots on net and a plus-9 rating. On the year, the superstar has 22 goals, 46 points, 114 shots and a plus-32 rating across 26 contests.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: In action Tuesday
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MacKinnon (illness) will be in the lineup versus the Canucks on Tuesday, Aarif Deen of Colorado Hockey Now reports.
MacKinnon registered at least a point in 11 of 13 games in November, including seven multi-point efforts. The world-class center leads the NHL in goals (20) and points (44) to start the season and should be in the mix for both the Rocket and Hart trophies at the end of the year.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Dealing with illness
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MacKinnon is under the weather and won't practice Monday.
The Avalanche are already dealing with a threadbare forward group, so losing MacKinnon, along with Parker Kelly and Gabriel Landeskog, would really set them back versus Vancouver on Tuesday. For now, MacKinnon and company should be considered questionable to face the Canucks. The 30-year-old center is riding a three-game point streak, during which he has racked up three goals and four assists, giving him 13 multi-point outings in 25 games this year.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Three points against Habs
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MacKinnon scored a goal and added two assists, one on the power play, in Saturday's 7-2 rout of the Canadiens.
The Avs superstar had a hand in each of the team's final three goals on the afternoon, helping to set up tallies by Devon Toews and Gabriel Landeskog in the third period after potting his own in the final minute of the second. MacKinnon has produced multi-point performances in three straight games as he pads his lead in the NHL scoring race, and through 25 contests, he's amassed 20 goals and 44 points.
MacKinnon had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Wild on Friday.
MacKinnon has five goals in his past five games and leads the NHL with 19 this season. He also leads the league in points (41). MacKinnon's scorching start -- the best of his career -- has made him the early-season favorite for this year's Hart Trophy. He won the Hart in 2023-24. He has never won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's top scorer. Mack has finished second to Nikita Kucherov the past two seasons.
MacKinnon scored an empty-net goal in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Predators.
MacKinnon reclaimed the NHL goals lead for himself with the empty-netter, his 17th goal of the season. He's earned seven goals and 10 assists over his last seven outings. For the season, the superstar center is up to 37 points, 90 shots and a plus-23 rating over 21 appearances. MacKinnon's playing at an MVP level and should be locked into a starting spot in fantasy lineups.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Three-point effort in win
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MacKinnon scored twice on four shots, dished an assist, blocked two shots and went plus-3 in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Rangers.
MacKinnon featured on three of the Avalanche's first four goals, with his second tally being the game-winner. The 30-year-old retook the NHL's goals lead outright with the effort, which comes after just his third time being held off the scoresheet. MacKinnon has 16 goals, 20 helpers, 89 shots on net, 17 hits, 15 blocked shots, 12 PIM and a plus-22 rating through 20 appearances, a big reason why the Avalanche are 14-1-5 at the quarter mark of their season.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Distributes three more helpers
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MacKinnon notched three assists, three shots on goal, two blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Ducks.
MacKinnon rattled off his third straight multi-point effort and extended his point streak to 10 contests as well. During the streak, he has eight goals and 14 assists. MacKinnon leads the NHL in goals (14), assists (18) and points (32). He's also tied for first in shots (74) and trails Anaheim's Jacob Trouba by one in plus-minus rating, with MacKinnon checking in at plus-15 through 17 appearances. He's as automatic as it gets in fantasy.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Involved in all five goals in win
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MacKinnon scored twice on four shots and added three assists in Sunday's 5-4 overtime win over the Canucks.
MacKinnon extended his point streak to nine games with a goal at 6:41 of the first period, but he was far from done. He added a power-play goal 89 seconds later and then assisted on the Avalanche's last three tallies of the contest for his best game of the season. He's been the best player on the best team so far, racking up 14 goals and 29 points to lead the NHL in both categories. MacKinnon has added 71 shots on net, eight power-play points and a plus-13 rating through 16 appearances. Given that production, he should be the early favorite for the Hart Trophy, though he has an excellent supporting cast as well.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: First to 10 goals
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MacKinnon scored a goal on four shots in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Sharks.
MacKinnon was the first player to reach 10 goals this season, though he was joined by Montreal's Cole Caufield later in the day. During a six-game point streak, MacKinnon has racked up four goals and five assists as he continues to lead by example in the Avalanche's offense. He's produced 18 points (five on the power play), 53 shots on net, 12 hits and a plus-7 rating across 12 appearances this season.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Three power-play points Tuesday
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MacKinnon notched two power-play goal and a power-play assist in Tuesday's 8-4 win over the Devils.
MacKinnon was productive with the man advantage, as the star playmaker contributed in three of the Avalanche's four power-play goals in this blowout win. The three-point performance also extended MacKinnon's current point streak to four games, a stretch where he's racked up three goals, four assists, 16 shots and four hits while averaging 22:09 of ice time.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Puts home goal in defeat
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MacKinnon had a goal on four shots and a minus-1 rating during 21:39 of ice time in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Devils.
MacKinnon has been his usual magnificent self to begin this season, and he extended his point streak to three games Sunday by burying his seventh goal of the campaign. Through the first 10 games of the season, the 30-year-old has been held off the scoresheet just twice while accumulating 14 points.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Two helpers in Saturday's loss
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MacKinnon picked up two assists in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Bruins.
He helped set up Artturi Lehkonen for goals in the first and third periods, but it was all the scoring the Avs could muster. MacKinnon has delivered five multi-point performances in nine games to begin the season while being held off the scoresheet only twice. The 30-year-old superstar has six goals and 13 points in total.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Two more goals Saturday
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MacKinnon scored twice on eight shots, added two PIM and went plus-3 in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Bruins.
MacKinnon has a pair of two-goal efforts over his last three games. On the season, this was his fifth multi-point performance, and it was a good rebound from getting held off the scoresheet Thursday versus the Blue Jackets. MacKinnon is up to six goals, 10 points, 25 shots, five hits, five blocked shots and a plus-10 rating across six appearances.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Scores twice against Sabres
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MacKinnon scored two goals on five shots in Monday's 3-1 victory over Buffalo.
MacKinnon has now scored in three straight games for a combined four goals and two assists. Considering the world-class center has three multi-point efforts in four games to open the year, he looks well poised to reach the 100-point threshold for the fourth consecutive year. MacKinnon figures to challenge the likes of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl for the Hart Trophy again this year.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Collects three points
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MacKinnon scored a power-play goal on four shots, added two assists, logged two hits and went plus-2 in Saturday's 5-4 shootout loss to the Stars.
MacKinnon has scored both of his goals this season on the power play. He's up to six points, 10 shots, four hits and a plus-4 rating over three contests. The 30-year-old is no stranger to hot starts -- last year, he opened the campaign with a 13-game, 25-point streak. He continues to be in the conversation for the best player in the league and is elite for fantasy managers who had a pick early enough in the first round to draft him.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Strikes for power-play tally
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MacKinnon scored a power-play goal on four shots and added two hits in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Mammoth.
Ian Cole's interference penalty came back to haunt the Mammoth, as MacKinnon's tally on the ensuring power play was the game-winner. The 30-year-old superstar has already supplied three points, six shots on net and a plus-2 rating over his first two games of the campaign. MacKinnon is as automatic as anyone for fantasy.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Sets team record in opener
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MacKinnon supplied two assists, two shots on goal, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Kings.
MacKinnon's first helper, on a Martin Necas goal in the second period, set a team record for the most points by any player since the Avalanche relocated from Quebec. MacKinnon also helped out on an Artturi Lehkonen goal later in the frame. The 30-year-old MacKinnon is up to 1,017 points in 871 regular-season appearances and continues to be one of the most effective players in the NHL. He has exceeded the 100-point mark in three straight seasons and is off to a great start for 2025-26.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Finds twine in loss
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MacKinnon scored a goal on six shots in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Stars in Game 7.
MacKinnon scored seven times and added four assists over seven playoff contests, but the NHL's current playoff goals leader will go no further after the Avalanche were eliminated. The 29-year-old will undoubtedly be frustrated with another early exit -- the Avalanche haven't gotten out of the second round since their Stanley Cup title in 2022. He was superb with 32 goals, 116 points, 320 shots on net and a plus-25 rating over 79 regular-season appearances, and fantasy managers wishing to have him on their roster for next year will have to invest an early first-round pick to do that.
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Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon: Three-point effort in win
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MacKinnon scored a goal, added two assists, logged three hits and went plus-3 in Thursday's 7-4 win over the Stars in Game 6.
MacKinnon was credited with a goal at 9:04 of the third period, but it was an own goal by the Stars after a failed clearing attempt bounced in. The 29-year-old center then set up both of the Avalanche's empty-netters to seal the win and force Game 7, which will be Saturday in Dallas. MacKinnon is at six goals, four assists, 33 shots on net, 12 hits and a plus-5 rating over six outings in this round.
