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Colorado Avalanche: 5 Stunning Nathan MacKinnon Goals

ByNadia Archuleta|
DENVER, CO - APRIL 15: Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) scores a goal during the first period of a Western Conference match-up in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 15, 2019 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. (Photo by Russell Lansford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - APRIL 15: Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) scores a goal during the first period of a Western Conference match-up in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 15, 2019 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. (Photo by Russell Lansford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Classic MacKinnon 2.0

Are you tired of Nathan MacKinnon scoring for the Colorado Avalanche yet? I hope not, because I’ve got a couple more good ones for you — and, hey, a bonus round because why not.

So, we already looked at the MacKinnon Special. Well, a player as special as MacK is going to have more than one, ah, special under his sleeve.

MacKinnon can’t drive the puck into the offensive zone every time. Defenders would catch on to that pretty quickly and just all rush him. So, quite often you see his wingman moving the puck while MacKinnon rushes up the side.

I love this following goal because not only does MacK sneak into the o-zone, he switches smoothly to a defenseman stance to get himself into perfect position for a one-timer:

I guess that’s not so much Classic MacKinnon 2.0 as just super-cool. Oh, well, I love when players score from one knee. (The positioning, though! He just drops to the knee, swings his leg around full-speed and… is somehow upright again.)

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