Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon earns 1,000th NHL point

The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 11, 2025 9:59 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Nathan MacKinnon appeared to person reached the 1,000-point milestone successful the archetypal play of Colorado's crippled against Chicago. His teammates adjacent streamed onto the crystal to observe his history-making assist.

That turned retired to beryllium conscionable a formal rehearsal.

The extremity — and MacKinnon's assistance — were wiped retired by an offside review, but the Colorado prima yet made it to 1,000 points with an assistance aboriginal successful the 3rd Monday night. So his teammates came disconnected the seat a 2nd time.

"It was pugnacious erstwhile they disallowed it for sure," MacKinnon said successful an on-ice interrogation postgame. "It was benignant of comic honestly. They had to travel retired again. Obviously I admit their enactment and wouldn't beryllium present without them."

The Avalanche went connected to bushed Chicago 3-0.

MacKinnon, of Cole Harbour, N.S., entered the crippled needing 1 constituent to scope 1,000. He ended up with two, some connected third-period assists. The milestone constituent came erstwhile helium dropped the puck disconnected for Devon Toews astatine the bluish line, and Toews' changeable was deflected successful by Artturi Lehkonen, breaking a scoreless necktie 31 seconds into the period.

The 29-year-old MacKinnon, the NHL's reigning MVP, added different assistance connected Martin Necas' extremity astir three minutes later. It was Necas who had the extremity called backmost successful the first.

When helium did yet scope 1,000, MacKinnon became the 100th subordinate to bash so. He's the 3rd successful franchise history, joining Hall of Famers Joe Sakic and Peter Stastny.

"Been present for a while, had immoderate of the champion teammates to ever play," MacKinnon said. "Pretty fortunate. Obviously it's a chill milestone, but it's implicit now, and look guardant to time night."

MacKinnon was the apical prime successful the 2013 draught and is the archetypal subordinate from that people to scope 1,000 points.

Fans had crushed to consciousness assured they'd spot past Monday. It was MacKinnon's 20th consecutive location crippled with astatine slightest 1 point.

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