2024-03-29 03:54:00
DENVER, Col. – Nathan MacKinnon was scratched from the scoresheet Thursday night against the New York Rangers, so the Colorado Avalanche superstar saw his home series end at 35 with a minimum of one point.
The Rangers (49-20-4) played spoilsport until the end, as they finally won 3 to 2 after a shootout session.
The NHL mark that No. 29 Colorado was aiming for was that of Wayne Gretzky, who had a point in each of the Edmonton Oilers’ 40 home games during the 1988-1989 season.
“La Merveille” was also in possession of second place, thanks to 33 straight home games with a minimum of one point, in 1985-1986.
Kaapo Kakko and Chris Kreider scored the New Yorkers’ goals in regulation time, while Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck were the scorers in the play-off, against former Rangers Alexandar Georgiev.
MacKinnon was used for 27:53 by head coach Jared Bednar, and No. 29 of the Avalanche (46-21-6) shot five times on Igor Shesterkin’s cage, without success.
It was believed that the 28-year-old center had helped set up the tying goal, that of Devon Toews at 12:47 of the third period, but the restart showed that Blueshirts defenseman Ryan Lindgren scored himself by trying to slide the disc under his guardian.
The first overall pick in the 2013 draft had a minimum of one point in 19 straight games, all games combined.
At 123 points (45-78) in 73 games, MacKinnon remains one point behind Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
They are closely followed by Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid, whose three-point performance Thursday gives him 122 points.
It’s a second overtime victory for the Rangers in as many games: Tuesday, at Madison Square Garden, they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 in overtime.
Casey Mittelstadt scored Colorado’s first goal late in the second period. This means that the Denver team has gone almost five consecutive periods without scoring, its previous goal dating back to the first minute of the match lost 2 to 1 against the Canadiens on Tuesday.
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