MAKAR SCORES FIRST CAREER HAT TRICK IN HIGH-SCORING WIN
Cale Makar (3-1—4),
Nathan MacKinnon (1-3—4) and
Mikko Rantanen (0-4—4) all skated to four-point outings, highlighted by Makar’s first career hat trick and MacKinnon once again moving up the NHL record book for longest home point streak. Colorado (39-20-5, 83 points), which currently occupies third place in the Central, is now within two points of Dallas (38-17-8, 85 points) for the division’s top spot.
* Makar joined Calgary’s
MacKenzie Weegar (3-0—0 on
Feb. 10, 2024) as the second defenseman this season to add to the Hockey Fights Cancer Fund of the V Foundation – AstraZeneca is donating
$5,000 up to $500,000 to the cause for each hat trick.
* Makar became the fourth defenseman in Avalanche/Nordiques history to score a hat trick following
Sandis Ozolinsh (Dec. 6, 1999),
Uwe Krupp (March 1, 1995) and
Bryan Fogarty (Dec. 1, 1990). It also marked his ninth career multi-goal game, which passed Ozolinsh (8) for the
most by a blueliner in franchise history.
* Makar also tied Ozolinsh on another franchise list – the
most four-point games by defensemen in Avalanche/Nordiques history (both w/ 4). Since Makar entered the League in 2019-20, only three blueliners have as many:
Erik Karlsson,
Roman Josi and
Victor Hedman (all w/ 5).
* MacKinnon, who reached the
40-goal mark for the third time in his career, extended his home point streak to 31 games and tied
Bryan Trottier (31 GP in 1981-82) and
Mario Lemieux (31 GP in 1995-96) for the fourth longest in NHL history. He trails
Wayne Gretzky (40 GP in 1988-89 & 33 GP in 1985-86) and
Guy Lafleur (32 GP in 1978-79).
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