Nathan MacKinnon had two power-play goals and an assist, Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 22 shots against his former team and the Colorado Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils

The Colorado Avalanche traded for the best friend of one of its top centers. No, not Now, just like Nathan MacKinnon and Crosby last month at the 4 Nations Face-Off, they finally get to play together.

Jared Bednar and Nathan MacKinnon both said the team had no passengers. That’s not a new concept, nor is it the first time we’ve heard the coach and star center use that phrase. But this season? It very well just might be.

The Colorado Avalanche host the Minnesota Wild after Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals in the Avalanche's 5-1 win over the New Jersey Devils. Colorado is 34-24-2 overall and 8-10-1 against the Central Division.

Nathan MacKinnon scores his 23rd goal of the season for the Avalanche.

Jonathan Drouin, Joel Kiviranta and Martin Necas added goals as the Avalanche improved to 4-0 on their six-game homestand.

Cale Makar had two goals and four assists for the first six-point game by a defenseman in franchise history and Nathan MacKinnon added two goals and three assists to extend his home points streak to 18 games in the Colorado Avalanche’s 7-3 romp over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.

Nathan MacKinnon buries one to extend Colorado's lead to 5-1.

Fabian Zetterlund, Macklin Celebrini and William Eklund scored for the Sharks, who wrapped up a seven-game trip 2-3-2.

Defenseman has 6, forward gets 5 to push home streak to 18 DENVER -- Cale Makar had two goals and four assists, and Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and three assists in the Colorado Avalanche’s 7-3 win against the San Jose Sharks at Ball Arena on Thursday.

Artturi Lehkonen, Casey Mittelstadt and Logan O’Connor added goals to help the Avalanche snap a two-game skid.