The Colorado Avalanche proceed to win. On Monday, they took a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals. It has already been a season of milestones for the team, including Brent Burns moving up within the Iron Man rankings. Within the victory over the Caps, it was Nathan MacKinnon who hit a milestone.
Nathan MacKinnon has reached the 1,100-point marker in his NHL profession, becoming the seventieth player to achieve that mark, in line with a post by the NHL on X, formerly Twitter.
ANOTHER MACKINNON MILESTONE! 🏔️
Nathan MacKinnon is the seventieth player in NHL history reach the 1,100-point mark. pic.twitter.com/gYGANutbK7
— NHL (@NHL) January 19, 2026
MacKinnon entered the sport with the Capitals with 1,097 profession points. Within the second period, on the powerplay, MacKinnon beat Charlie Lindgren, making the sport 2-1, and giving MacKinnon points 1,098. Within the third period, he was the assist on an Artturi Lehkonen goal. With 3:30 left in the sport, MacKinnon found the back of the web for point 1,100 of his profession.
The Canadian forward has been stellar this yr. He leads the NHL with 36 goals, while sitting third within the league with 46 assists. That places him second overall in points with 82, trailing only Connor McDavid.
Along with his 1,one centesimal point, MacKinnon moves into seventieth all-time in points, passing Glenn Anderson. He can be now tenth in all-time points amongst lively skaters. He’s well behind the lively leader, Sidney Crosby, who has 1.740 points. Meanwhile, Wayne Gretzky is first all-time with 2,857 points. MacKinnon can be second all-time in points for the franchise. Joe Sakic leads the franchise is all time points, sitting with 1,641 points.
The Avalanche at the moment are 34-5-8 on the season. That offers them the perfect record within the NHL by a solid margin. They’re ten points in front of the second-best Carolina Hurricanes. The Avalanche return to the ice to proceed their homestand on Wednesday night against the Anaheim Geese.