Nate MacKinnon Scored Such A Good Goal It Made Me Briefly Think About The Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche still exist and play in the NHL, only because relegation isn’t an option in that league. Continue to ignore them as a team, but feast on this Nate MacKinnon goal in Wednesday’s 5-3 loss to the Capitals.

MacKinnon picked up the puck at the top of Colorado’s slot, started a 3-on-2 for the Avalanche, ignored his teammates, carved a way through defenders Matt Niskanen and Dmitry Orlov, then went backhand for the Avalanche’s third goal of the night. Philipp Grubauer’s teammates let him down:

Okay, back to not caring about them.