Just how Great is Nathan MacKinnon? One week after dominating a five-game series against the Flames, the Avalanche's superstar will get another chance to answer that question in Round 2. (EricFrancis)
Flames players punctuated their loss by crediting MacKinnon for being everything from a “beast” who “took over the series,” to being called one of the game’s top three players alongside Connor McDavid and fellow Cole Harbour, N.S. product Sidney Crosby.After running over the West’s best team, which included Norris frontrunner Mark Giordano, the 99-point man will try to keep his first extended playoff run going against the Sharks top duo of Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Norris finalist Brent Burns.
Rantanen joins Landeskog and MacKinnon on the power play or when the eighth seed is in need of a goal, and in doing so completes a trio that has spent the last two years as one of the league’s top three lines. “MacKinnon is one of the best players in the NHL. That line, Rantanen, Landeskog, they almost owned the series. Young team, a lot of speed and we have to be ready.”
Considered to be the Sharks’ biggest liability most of the year, Jones turned a .838 save percentage through the first four games of their series against Vegas into a .946 rate to steal the last three games. Indeed, they were red-hot before having to sit for seven days, watching their next opponent go through the wringer.
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