Nathan MacKinnon's seventh career hat trick led the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. MacKinnon also added an assist. With the four points, MacKinnon (137 points) pulled to within two of Nikita Kucherov (139 points) of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the NHL lead. Cale Makar scored a goal and added two assists, and Artturi Lehkonen had the other goal for Colorado (49-24-6, 104 points), which leapfrogged the Winnipeg Jets into second place in the... Read this story
