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03/26 22:29 CDT MacKinnon inches closer to 50-goal mark as Avalanche defeat
Jets 3-2
MacKinnon inches closer to 50-goal mark as Avalanche defeat Jets 3-2
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) --- Nathan MacKinnon scored his 47th and 48th goals of
the season to propel the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg
Jets on Thursday night.
Jack Drury scored his career-high ninth goal of the season for the NHL-leading
Avalanche, who ended a four-game road trip with a 4-0-0 record. Artturi
Lehkonen added an assist in his return after missing 11 games with an
upper-body injury.
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 22 shots for Colorado.
Mark Scheifele scored twice and leads the Jets with 34 goals.
Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves.
Scheifele set a career-high in points when his pair of goals gave him 88 points.
Colorado entered the game ranked 27th on the power play, but made good on a big
opportunity. Six seconds after a 38-second two-man advantage expired, MacKinnon
scored 13 seconds into the third to break the 1-1 tie with the power-play
tally. He added his second goal at 3:55.
The Jets challenged MacKinnon's second goal for goaltender interference, but it
stood and gave Colorado a 3-1 lead early in the third.
Up next The Jets begin a four-game road trip with a rematch in Colorado on Saturday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
Up next The Jets begin a four-game road trip with a rematch in Colorado on Saturday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
