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Nathan MacKinnon extended his season-opening point streak to 13 games with an assist on Chris Wagner’s goal two and a half minutes into the matchup with the Seattle Kraken. The Avalanche’s top forward tied his own record from 2019-20. He joins elite company with Wayne Gretzky in his milestone.
MacKinnon extends season-opening point streak to 13 games, equaling his own @Avalanche record to start a year set in 2019-20
Nate joins Wayne Gretzky as only players in @NHL history to record two season-opening point streaks of at least 13 games. Gretzky had 4 such streaks— Brendan McNicholas (@bmcnich) November 6, 2024
MacKinnon has 24 points in 13 games (6G, 18A) with three power-play goals and three game-winning goals (as of second intermission vs Kraken). He earned an assist on Ivan Ivan’s goal at 5:48 in the opening period, Artturi Lehkonen’s first goal of the season in the second and Mikko Rantanen’s power-play goal midway through the second frame.
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Cale Makar also extended his season-opening point streak to 13 games with an assist on Lehkonen’s goal. According to the team, Makar’s streak is the second longest by a defenseman to start a season in NHL history. His accomplishment ties a career high he set in 2021-22. He is the eighth defenseman ever to record multiple point streaks of 13 or more games.
Makar and MacKinnon are 3rd set of teammates in @NHL history to open a campaign w/ simultaneous point streaks of 13+ contests, joining Phil Esposito & Bobby Orr with the Bruins in 1973-74 (both 15 games) and Joe Juneau and Dmitri Kvartalnov (both 14 games) with Boston in 1992-93 pic.twitter.com/SLJy7PBzxc
— Brendan McNicholas (@bmcnich) November 6, 2024
Makar earned another assist on Rantanen’s goal and as of the second intermission, the pair are a point apart from each other with MacKinnon leading the team.