Mikko Rantanen had two goals and an assist, Nathan MacKinnon extended his home points streak to 33 games with a third-period score and the Colorado Avalanche routed the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-1. Cale Makar, Ross Colton and Valeri Nichushkin also scored for the Avalanche, who won their eighth straight game.
Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen celebrates after scoring with right wing Valeri Nichushkin , left wing Jonathan Drouin and center Nathan MacKinnon in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Friday, March 22, 2024, in Denver. Columbus Blue Jackets center Brendan Gaunce, left, flips the puck past Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen, right, in the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 22, 2024, in Denver.
MacKinnon scored on a breakaway at 6:01 of the third to keep his home points streak going, and later had an assist. It’s theJamie Benn scores twice, extends goal streak to 3 games as Stars beat Penguins 4-2 “ kind of have that sixth sense where they don’t even have to look and know where the guy is going to be,” Severson said. “That’s a team that we should aspire to be one day in this locker room.”
The Blue Jackets thought they made it a one-goal game in the second period on a wild play where the puck bounced off a Columbus player’s glove, sprang off the top of the net and was batted in by Dmitri Voronkov. But the officials ruled a hand pass and the goal was negated.
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