MacKinnon won league MVP honors for the first time last season, and is on track to be a top contender again. He’s up to 60 points in 37 games. His three-point night against Utah extended his lead in the scoring race to seven, and his teammate Mikko Rantanen is now alone in second place with 53.

The Minnesota Wild will be without their best player for the seventh game in a row when they face off against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.

Colorado is 8-1-1 in its last 10 games, averaging 3.8 goals, as it heads to the United Center to play the Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

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Nathan MacKinnon is now leading the league in scoring, and he led the Colorado Avalanche to another win on Friday night.

Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1. Frank Nazar and Ilya Mikheyev also scored for Chicago, which had lost six of seven.

Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist to back a 35-save effort from Petr Mrazek and lift the host Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.

The Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon, who leads the NHL in points with 61, was selected the league's first star for December. The center racked up a league-leading 25 points in 13 games during the month, and most of his damage came at even strength. His 13 even-strength assists and 20 even-strength points led the league.

SALT LAKE CITY — NHL teams have had enough trouble containing Nathan MacKinnon ... a 4-1 win for the Colorado Avalanche against Utah HC at Delta Center. The last time MacKinnon dropped the ...

Pierre-Luc Dubois capped a multi-goal performance with the overtime winner to help the Capitals conclude one of the best first halves of a season in franchise history. \* Connor Bedard became the firs

Devon Toews scored 48 seconds into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Thursday night and extend their winning streak to six games.

The Colorado Avalanche will battle the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center. It’s a Central Division showdown as we share our NHL odds series and make an Avalanche-Wild prediction and pick.