Nathan MacKinnon scored four goals against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night at Ball Arena.
The Colorado Avalanche forward accomplished this impressive feat with a 6-2 win (see in the video above). The fight was featured on TVA Sports and on TVA Sports Direct.
The star player hit the target three times in a row in a short span of 6 minutes and 37 seconds in the second period. MacKinnon scored his first two goals on the power play and then scored at even strength.
He returned late in the third period. This is the second time this season that MacKinnon has posted a four-goal game. This also happened on December 21st against the Ottawa Senators.
Mikko Rantanen was involved in all of his linemate's successes. He also scored his 27th goal of the season… with help from MacKinnon.
It is the sixth career hat trick of the first-ever player selected in the 2013 draft. His productive night of work allowed him to displace Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov at the top of the league's scoring leaderboard. national. He has 82 points so far in the 2023/24 season, two more than Kucherov.
Makar writes a page of history
MacKinnon wasn't the only player who stood out for the Avs in this matchup. In the first third, Cale Makar showed all his talent by hitting the target while outnumbered.
He became the Avalanche defenseman with the highest number of goals (76) ahead of Tyson Barrie. Look here:
Makar also added two assists to his statistics.
Jonathan Drouin scored his 27th point for the Avalanche.
After being shut out in the first two periods, the Capitals finally scored in the third period thanks to Dylan Strome. The latter scored again at the very end of the game and reduced the deficit to 6:2.
Alexandar Georgiev saved the Caps' other 23 shots.
At the other end of the ice, Charlie Lindgren made 27 saves.