EDMONTON, ALBERTA — The Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers produce brilliant hockey games when they face each other.
Colorado showed Friday night that it can throw haymakers with arguably the best roster in the NHL. Now the Avs have 25 games to make sure they don’t need to see Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and friends until the second half of the NHL’s playoff tournament.
Nathan MacKinnon had a four-point night, and Cale Makar scored twice to help the Avs win a wild one, 5-4, at Rogers Place. MacKinnon set up Martin Necas for the game-winner with 4:22 remaining after Colorado had blown an earlier two-goal lead.