Nathan MacKinnon

The Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon scored his 80th playoff point during Game 5 vs. the Blues Wednesday.

Colorado is 20 minutes away from improving to 8-1 in the playoffs and rolling on to the next round. The Avalanche center has 80 career playoff points, amassing them in his first 59 playoff games of his career. As the period was winding down, the Avalanche were on the power play and once again, MacKinnon struck.

Auteur des deux premiers buts de l'Avalanche du Colorado en première, Nathan MacKinnon a époustouflé une fois de plus la galerie au Ball Arena.

In one of the greatest individual goals in Avalanche history, MacKinnon put the biscuit in the basket for a third time late in the third period of Game 5 to ...

Nathan MacKinnon did just that late in the third period of Wednesday night's Game 5 matchup between the Colorado Avalanche and the St. Louis Blues. MacKinnon's ...

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What do you call it when Nathan MacKinnon nets three goals in one game?A Mac-trick.

MacKinnon flew into Blues territory, cut the puck tightly in front of and then around Blues defenseman Nick Leddy, and roofed it to put the Avalanche up 4-3 with 2:46 left to play. With the Avalanche up 3-1 in the series, MacKinnon became the first player in franchise history to score a hat trick in a potential series-clinching game. The Colorado Avalanche forward scored his third goal of Game 5 of the Western Conference Second Round against the St. Louis Blues off an end-to-end rush.

Colorado had a 3-0 lead evaporate as St. Louis avoided elimination with a last-minute goal and another in extra session.

“We have to go and be the hammer.” “It starts with the competitiveness and the puck decisions. And Wednesday night, that was Tyler Bozak, who beat Kuemper one final time to end the game. Bednar had less of a problem with that play and more with the sequence before it, when Colorado couldn’t get the puck out of its defensive zone. “Sometimes you get on your heels a bit and get a little tight,” Landeskog said. And while MacKinnon racked up points, the Avalanche couldn’t hold on for a win. “You have to stay aggressive, you have to continue playing your game and believe in what you’re doing,” Bednar said. He got past Jordan Kyrou entering the offensive zone, then dragged the puck around Leddy. Suddenly, he had room in front of the net, and he flicked the puck past Husso. That left the door open for St. Louis, and Thomas came through once again. Colorado led 3-0 in the second, 3-1 in the third and 4-3 with less than a minute left. Instead of coasting to the Western Conference finals, which would’ve been the case with a win, the Avalanche head back on the road for Game 6. With under three minutes left in regulation and the score tied 3-3, MacKinnon seized the puck behind the Avalanche net.

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MacKinnon starts the play by picking up the puck behind his own net and then just turns the speed dial to eleven. Here are the only names that remain in front of him in that latter category: Cam Neely, Maurice Richard, Barry Pederson, Mike Bossy, Mario Lemieux, Newsy Lalonde. Man, what a way for the Avs to win and eliminate the Blues…right? Wrong.

Hockey fans around the world are calling Nathan MacKinnon's end-to-end rush against the St. Louis Blues the goal of the year. The 26-year-old Colorado ...

We're all tugging on the same rope and it truly does not matter what kind of goals you score, as long as they go in." "It's just to get wins and that's how everyone feels in our room. Nathan MacKinnon became the first player in— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) @Avalanche/ Nordiques history to score a hat trick in a potential series-clinching game. MacKinnon also moved past Michel Goulet and Milan Hejduk into third on the Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques franchise all-time list for goals. We've got to move on ... and come back and win Game 6 on the road. We've just got to keep focusing on our process." St. Louis centre Tyler Bozak scored in overtime to give the Blues a 5-4 win and prevent the Avalanche from wrapping up a 4-1 series win. MacKinnon now has 80 career playoff points in 59 games, which equals Crosby as the fourth-fastest player to reach that milestone in league history. Hopefully everything happens for a reason and we've got to go get this done. They have a great team and we're excited to go have a huge challenge in St. Louis and try to close out a series." It was his third goal of the game so hats rained down on the ice inside the arena, while thousands of others watching from home rushed to social media to gush about what they just witnessed. "Nathan MacKinnon just went cheat code.