The Colorado Avalanche have three of the best players in the world, but this team looks even more formidable when that trio gets a lot of help from their friends.
Valeri Nichushkin and Jonathan Drouin both had big nights to get the Avs to overtime, then the “Big Three” took care of it from there. Nathan MacKinnon scored 32 seconds into overtime and the Avalanche fended off the pesky New York Islanders 5-4 for its fifth win in six outings Tuesday night at Ball Arena.
“I thought we played great,” MacKinnon said. “I thought we had a great start.