Bo Byram stopped himself. Marveling at Nathan MacKinnon’s season, he didn’t want to go so far as to jinx anything.
“He missed a bit of time there, which is too bad,” Byram said Monday before the Avalanche departed for San Jose. “But I think he’s on pace to — actually, never mind. I don’t want to say that.”
Byram can rest easy. MacKinnon has reached 100 points in a season for the first time in his illustrious career, and he did it with an overtime breakaway goal to beat the Sharks 4-3 and move Colorado into the division lead for the first time in months.