US EditionNathan MacKinnon Gets Avalanche Back on Track in Win over Caps
MacKinnon reached 1,100 career points as the Avalanche rebounded from a recent loss with five goals, including scores from Kelly, Olofsson, and Lehkonen.
- At Ball Arena on Monday the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 as Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist to reach 1,100 career points.
- Shorthanded Colorado was missing Devon Toews for a seventh game, captain Gabe Landeskog for a sixth, and Valeri Nichushkin was a late scratch after a car accident, entering a 2-3-1 mini-funk.
- MacKinnon stickhandled between three Washington players, received a Martin Necas drop pass and scored on a power play, then converted a turnover into his league-leading 38th goal to seal the game.
- Colorado's win snapped the team's two-game skid, Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves, and the Avalanche host Anaheim while Washington heads to Vancouver on Wednesday.
- Milestone placed Nathan MacKinnon alongside Hall of Famer Joe Sakic as the only franchise players with 1,100 points, four shy of Wayne Gretzky's 1,669.
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MacKinnon has 2 goals and an assist to reach 1,100 points, Avs beat Capitals 5-2
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist to reach 1,100 career points and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Monday.
Nathan MacKinnon’s dominant effort in Avalanche’s 5-2 win over Capitals helps snap mini-funk
The shorthanded Colorado Avalanche needed a spark. The once and maybe future MVP obliged. Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist and provided the officials with a little salty guidance shortly after a potential fourth point was taken away in the Avs’ 5-2 victory against the Washington Capitals on Monday afternoon at Ball Arena. […]
MacKinnon Dominates, Helps Avalanche Crush Capitals at Ball Arena
Jan 19, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) controls the puck in the second period against the Washington Capitals at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Avalanche are back on track, back in the winning column, and back to being led by superstar center Nathan MacKinnon. After scoring just one goal in his previous six games, MacKinnon had two goals and an assist on Monday, lead…
Capitals vs Avalanche Recap: Caps Can’t Keep Up in 5-2 Loss
For two periods this afternoon, the Capitals actually hung with the league-leading Avalanche – largely thanks to a stand-up performance by Charlie Lindgren. That was the case really until Artturi Lehkonen’s goal late in the third, when it became clear that the Caps just didn’t have the firepower to match Colorado punch for punch. Plus: They won a goalie interference challenge for the first… Source
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