After a four-point performance Wednesday in Colorado’s 7-1 rout to eliminate the Arizona Coyotes, Nathan MacKinnon now leads the NHL in playoff scoring with 13 points (four goals).
The Avalanche superstar has points in all eight of the team’s postseason games and is closing in on the club record points streak to begin a playoff of 10, set by Joe Sakic in the Avs’ inaugural season of 1995-96.
MacKinnon’s eight-game streak is tied with Sakic (1997-98), Peter Forsberg and Milan Hejduk (both 2000-01) for second to begin a playoff.
MacKinnon is the second Avalanche player with four points in a series-clinching game, joining Claude Lemieux in Game 6 of the 1997 conference quarterfinals.