Another 4-goal, 5-point night for MacKinnon 🌟

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🌟 Nathan MacKinnon with another 4-goal, 5-point night, Avalanche overwhelm Capitals 6-2. The 28-year-old superstar put on a show last night, sniping two power play one-timers followed by a filthy backhand finish in the 2nd period to complete the natural hat trick, before assisting Mikko Rantanen’s 3rd period goal and wiring a wicked wrister bar down for his 4th goal and 5th point of the night. Rantanen also collected four assists for the first 5-point game of his career, Cale Makar scored a shorthanded goal in addition to two assists, and Alexandar Georgiev made 23 saves in the Avs win. Read more →

🎶 Brayden Schenn buries overtime winner, Blues defeat Canucks 4-3. The former 5th overall pick of the Kings finished a Nick Leddy feed just 1:54 into overtime for his 12th goal of the season (2nd GWG) to salvage the Blues win last night. The Blues established a 2-0 lead in the 1st period thanks to goals from Jake Neighbours and Pavel Buchnevich before Alexey Toropchenko scored 1:41 into the 3rd period to put the Blues up 3-1. Pius Suter scored twice for Vancouver to force OT. Rob Thomas collected two assists and Joel Hofer made 29 saves in the Blues third consecutive win. Read more →

🚨 Auston Matthews chips in OT winner, Ilya Samsonov and the Leafs shutout the Jets 1-0. The 26-year-old sniper continued his torrid goal-scoring pace, chipping in a Morgan Rielly centering pass past Jets’ netminder Laurent Brossoit for his league-leading 39th goal of the season with just 47 seconds remaining in the overtime period. But the real story is Ilya Samsonov who, in just 3rd game back with the Leafs since clearing waivers on December 31st, made 32 saves last night (16 in the 1st period alone) to record his 2nd shutout of the season. The Leafs sit 4th in the Atlantic Division. Read more →

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