Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon missed several shifts in the first half of the second period against Nashville Saturday at the Pepsi Center, and he acknowledged after practice Sunday that he wasn’t injured and had been benched by coach Jared Bednar.
“I wasn’t playing that good and just needed to sit down for a bit and regroup,” said MacKinnon, who hadn’t been in the dressing room when it opened after the 3-2 loss to the Predators left the Avalanche with only 27 points at the halfway point of the season.
MacKinnon said he got the point.