Colorado Avalanche defeated Chicago Blackhawks with a score of 5:0 in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). Forward Nathan MacKinnon scored four points for the winners.
He scored the first goal in this match. In the second period, the forward made two assists to partners Jonathan Drouin and Cale Makar.
MacKinnon scored the second goal in the last twenty minutes, setting up the final score of the match.
These four points enabled the Canadian striker to catch Russian Nikita Kucherov in the top scorer race. Now two of them are at the top of this list. The forwards each have 105 points. Kucherov recorded 38 goals and 67 assists in 62 games; MacKinnon recorded 38 goals and 67 assists in 63 games.
Completing the top three in the top scorer race was Connor McDavid from the Edmonton Oilers with 97 points (23 goals, 74 assists). Also in the top 5 is another Russian, Artemy Panarin from the New York Rangers (85 points).
Previously reportedPanarin repeated Gretzky’s record.