Nashville Predators know Nathan MacKinnon is Colorado Avalanche’s only hope

Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon #29 skates up ice against Nashville Predators center Mike Fisher #12 in the second period during the second game of round one of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bridgestone Arena April 14, 2018. By Jon Rexrode, The Tennessean

If you didn’t know, now you know: Nathan MacKinnon is a special kind of talent.

It took Pekka Rinne gloving a bullet from the 22-year-old Colorado forward to keep him off the board on a charge to the net in Thursday’s Game 1 — that and an extended kick to stop MacKinnon linemate Mikko Rantanen on a breakaway made the Predators’ 5-2 comeback win possible. In Saturday’s Game 2, MacKinnon somehow fought off Filip Forsberg, muscled…