Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon beat Russian Tampa Bay Lightning leader Nikita Kucherov in the National Hockey League (NHL) scoring race. This happened after the Avalanche faced Washington.
Colorado defeated the Capitals by a score of 6:2. McKinnon scored five points, scored a poker goal, and had an assist in this match. He scored 82 (30+52) points in total in the season. Kucherov has 80 (31+49) points.
Additionally, MacKinnon scored three of the four goals against Washington from the 23rd to the 30th minute, a natural hat-trick; Apart from himself, no one stood out in this period of the game. He scored the first two goals on the power play and the third at even strength.
MacKinnon’s home goal streak reached 24 consecutive games. Thus, he broke the club record in this indicator. The previous success belonged to Joe Sakic, who was stopped in 23 games. The forward also ranked third in NHL history with the longest home goal scoring streak since the start of the season. The record (40 matches) belongs to Wayne Gretzky, and Bobby Orr is in second place with 25 matches.
Ovechkin before didn’t score It was his eighth consecutive game.