It’s pretty hard to call a guy with 15 shot attempts and who was all over the ice throughout the night a dud in the game overall, but I thought Rantanen was pretty terrible in overtime.
I thought other players played pretty well (see: Evan Rodrigues), but I’m happy leaving this space just for MacKinnon on the night of a notable achievement. MacKinnon got his tonight and it was well-earned as he was, to my eye, Colorado’s most consistently dangerous skater out there. While so much focus went to Mikko Rantanen and his chase for 50 goals, we saw the more emotionally mature player quietly complete his chase tonight with a three-point effort while Rantanen continues to squeeze the stick in search of his own meaningful milestone. His line was the only one consistently causing problems for the Sharks and it was evident they were more hanging on to dear life than actually thriving when MacKinnon was on the ice. That wouldn’t be a bad season.Ībout tonight, thought, MacKinnon was just spectacular.
If anyone is curious, the 82-game pace MacKinnon has put up in the last 41 games: 56 goals, 76 assists, 132 points. The morning of April 5, he’s played in 65 games and has 36 goals and 100 points. It’s not a REAL club, mind you, but a cool milestone for a player who has finished with 99 and 97 points in previous years.īack on January 1, MacKinnon had played just 24 games to that point and registered only 8 goals and 34 points.
Seems fitting to happen in San Jose after he tried so hard a few years ago in the final game of the season when he was stuck on 99 points and was doing everything he could to crack 100.Ī few things have changed between the Sharks and Avalanche in those few years and one of them is that MacKinnon can now call himself a member of the 100-point season club. Two goals and an assist got him to the 100-point mark for the first time in his career.
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