In a game between the Colorado Avalanche and the San Jose Sharks, the Avalanche dominated possession. Rantanen scored a power-play goal, and MacKinnon collided with Ferraro, causing an injury. Ferraro did not return to the game due to an upper-body injury. The Sharks tied the game 1-1 with a power-play goal by Hertl. The Avalanche eventually won 3-1, with goals from Rantanen and Nichushkin. MacKinnon set a new franchise record for points in a single month. The Avalanche are now in 1st place in the Central Division.
Connor Hellebuyck named NHL's third star of the month. The 2020 Vezina winner went 7-0-2 in December, with a .934 save percentage and a 1.88 goals-against average. #NHLJets
Nathan MacKinnon has been named the 1st star of the month. In 15 games played he had 11 goals and 18 assists 👏 #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/eQ9vkTadbS
Connor Hellebuyck has been named the NHL's Third Star of the Month for December. Hellebuyck, 30, went 7-0-2 in December with a .934 save percentage and a 1.88 goals-against average.
Nathan MacKinnon named NHL's first star for the month of December following a dominating 11 G, 18 A, 29 P performance in 15 GP. ⭐️ MacKinnon ⭐️⭐️ Auston Matthews ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Connor Hellebuyck
MacKinnon the #1 star of December. https://t.co/hxTG3jLIiS
Nathan MacKinnon (@Avalanche), Auston Matthews (@MapleLeafs) and Connor Hellebuyck (@NHLJets) have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the month of December. #NHLStats: https://t.co/fjH18wJX9g https://t.co/iUHJBYlCYS
🚨New at @THW_Hurricanes🚨 Aho was asked after Leafs game if he’s conscious of this moment. “Yeah, definitely the best stretch in three games, especially in my NHL career. Sebastian Aho’s Stellar Play Earns Him 1st Star of the Week 👇 https://t.co/XpVaN4ZkB2
Mario Ferraro is on the ice this morning #SJSharks
Mario Ferraro is on the ice #SJSharks
Artemi Panarin is on pace for 54 goals, which would tie Jaromir Jagr’s #NYR record. He told me he sees “3 or 4” reasons for why he’s taking more shots and scoring at a much higher rate this season, then broke them down for our first story of 2024 👇🏼https://t.co/LT3CHZic6U
🚨ICYMI 🚨 Samuel Girard returned after a 20-game absence and helped in the victory over the Sharks. Read all of takeaways here! #Avs #GoAvsGo #SJSharks #NHL #HockeyTwitter @TheRinkColorado @TheRinkOfficial https://t.co/YilYJhzRYV
Since December 12, Sebastian Aho leads all NHL skaters in points (20), assists (13), and power play points (11). He's had multi-point performances in half of the games he's played during that time. https://t.co/m8J0ScIxVz
Artemi Panarin is letting it rip this season, putting him on pace to easily eclipse career highs in goals and shots (and maybe even challenge the #NYR record). I asked him why the stark increase and he pointed to a variety of factors detailed here 👇https://t.co/LT3CHZic6U
Artemi Panarin, with 5 goals and an assist in three games, is the NHL's Second Star of the Week. Sebastian Aho, of Carolina (2-9-11, in three games) is the First Star, and Luke Hughes of the Devils (3-2-5 in three games) is the Third Star. #NYR
Nobody scored more points during the calendar year of 2023 than Nathan MacKinnon, and he closed it out with the best month in franchise history. Inside just how good MacKinnon was during 2023. https://t.co/o0xkKBgZdT
Fun story coming your way this afternoon... Sat down with Artemi Panarin after #NYR practice to chat about his increase in shot volume. He entered this season with a career average of 2.56 SOG per game and is now ripping off a pace of 4.14. Result is 23 goals through 35 games 🔥 https://t.co/OEwQ9Ggae2
Well deserved for Sebastian Aho #CauseChaos https://t.co/3HSyVfsupc
It’s insane how it’s been since 2017 to get the honor but it’s well deserving for Sebastian Aho after putting up 11 points in three games #CauseChaos https://t.co/TH91vpCcx4
Filling in for @ice_chip at practice today, some news:. Sebastian Aho was named the NHL's first star of the week, the Hurricanes' first since November 2017. Jesper Fast is out after a hit to the head. "I don't know for how long," Rod Brind'Amour said. https://t.co/RYDt1EjF8f
No one more deserving 👏 Sebastian Aho becomes the first #Canes player to earn the NHL's First Star of the Week honor since 2017. https://t.co/YfNQ9sVQ7h
Sebastian Aho (@Canes), Artemi Panarin (@NYRangers) and Luke Hughes (@NJDevils) have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending Dec. 31. #NHLStats: https://t.co/owm4A4Eslo https://t.co/Oxj1dSDoOo
The NHL has named Sebastian Aho its "First Star" for the week ending December 31. Just a fantastic three-game segment for him, including back-to-back four-point performances, and then a three-piece in the team's trio of wins. https://t.co/ks9ZLmoAbS
Luke Hughes named the NHL’s third star of the week.
Nathan MacKinnon’s most dominant 2023 stat: He finished the calendar year with 80 points at 5-on-5. The next closest player was McDavid, who had 59.
Best in the @NHL 2023 calendar year: POINTS 135 Nathan MacKinnon 129 Connor McDavid 121 Nikita Kucherov 113 David Pastrnak 111 Leon Draisaitl 105 Mikko Rantanen WINS 44 Alexandar Georgiev 36 Juuse Saros 36 Connor Hellebuyck 35 Igor Shesterkin
The Sharks had just 11 shots but the Avs still needed nearly the entire third period to finally pull ahead. Colorado is 5-1-1 following a bad loss in Winnipeg two weeks ago. "If you want to win. You have to stick with it. And [the players] all know that." https://t.co/SM6Bx38iRq
#SJSharks aren't practicing tomorrow, so expect an update on Ferraro on Tuesday
In three games against the Sharks, the #Avs have produced the most shot attempts in a 2023-24 NHL game (111) and tied for the second-fewest allowed (30). In those two, the combined attempts were 197-87. Goals were 4-2. Shot attempts were 67-57 in the other game. Goals: 6-2
With the win the Avs jump to 1st place in the Central Division with 49 points over Winnipeg who has 48 points #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Sharks Lose Ferraro, 8th in a Row 3-1 https://t.co/D8Pq1Zos3e
The Avs have scored goals tonight while playing 5-on-4, 6-on-5 and 5-on-6.
MacKinnon’s assist on the Nichushkin goal gives him 29 points in December, setting a new franchise record for points in a single month. He topped Peter Stastny’s 28 in February of 1981. Nate’s 29 points this month by far lead all @NHL skaters
Nichushkin scores on the delayed call with the assist coming from Jack Johnson and Nathan MacKinnon. Girard was the one who got the puck to MacKinnon to keep the play alive #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Miles Wood, for the second game in a row, created a critical goal without scoring or assisting on it. He drew a penalty, 6-on-5 ... MacKinnon to Johnson to Nichushkin. 2-1 #AVs
come on Sharks. Want to see them beat Avs with 9 shots on goal and none in third https://t.co/c0KSd38wz4
Avs are rollin right now.... they have maintained pressure for the last couple of minutes and you can feel the goal coming #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
#Avs just shot the puck about 20 times in the past four minutes. Just a constant barrage through a 5-on-3 and back to 5-on-5. Then Nate MacKinnon just went 1-on-4, blew through everyone ... and hit the crossbar.
Calen Addison gets called fir holding the stick of Jonathan Drouin and the Avs head to the PP #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
It took almost 37 minutes of action for the Sharks to get any sustained pressure and the draw a penalty from the Avs. Hertl immediately scores to tie it #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
And just like that, we have a tie game. Sharks score 7 seconds into a PP on just their 8th shot on goal. Avs still being stuck on one goal is very strange
Tomas Hertl has a power-play goal for the Sharks. After all of that, it's a 1-1 game.
30 minutes into this game: Shot attempts: Sharks 12, Mikko Rantanen 10 Shots on goal: Rantanen 6, Sharks 4 Goals: Rantanen 1, Sharks 0
Shots on goal at the midway point: Mikko Rantanen: 6 San Jose Sharks: 4
Shots on goal at the midway point: Mikko Rantanen: 6 San Jose Sharks: 5
From the replay ... looked like MacKinnon just went full Rick Flair on Emberson after the hit https://t.co/sxwZLrdk71 https://t.co/WSet3xuxUS
As MacKinnon entered the zone he just leveled Ty Emberson. It took him a second to get back up.... #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Ty Emberson just tried to step up on Nathan MacKinnon at the Sharks blue line. It did not go well for him. If this was college basketball, MacKinnon would have just earned a tech for staring down Emberson after the hit.
Avs PP now 1/2. We're five minutes into the second period and the Sharks still have 3 shots
I believe the #Avs just killed 1:48 of a Sharks power play without allowing a completed pass in the defensive zone. Avs had three shot attempts while shorthanded. And drew a penalty.
Wood called for interference during the faceoff and the Sharks have their first chance on the PP. they have a 18.9% success rate #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Per the Sharks, Mario Ferraro will not return to tonight's game with an upper-body injury
Mario Ferraro won't return to the #SJSharks game with an upper-body injury
Per the Sharks, Mario Ferraro will not return to tonight's game. Upper body injury
Ferraro not on the bench to start period per @sharkvoice
Mikko Rantanen now has 50 goals in 2023. Nathan MacKinnon now has 134 points. He began the day five ahead of Connor McDavid for the most in the calendar year.
Mikko Rantanen now has 50 goals in the year of our lord 2023.
Mario Ferraro hasn't returned since Nathan MacKinnon hit him midway through the first period. The other five defensemen the Sharks dressed tonight had a combined 409 NHL games played before this season, including 294 from Jan Rutta.
Haven’t seen Ferraro return since the hit by MacKinnon. Thrun and Rutta have each taken a shift filling in along side Emberson in the mean time. #SJSharks https://t.co/ws0SRpSGHD https://t.co/jma7U2eQpG
With his assist, Nathan MacKinnon boosted his totals in December to 11-17—28 (15 GP) and tied Peter Stastny (Feb. 1981: 12-16—28 in 12 GP) for the most points in a calendar month in @Avalanche / Nordiques history. #NHLStats: https://t.co/ePzbNPg2ZY https://t.co/n8pywUaVDR
Ferraro down the tunnel after MacKinnon hit
Ferraro was popped by MacKinnon and Ferraro is in the dressing room
Nathan MacKinnon and Mario Ferraro just collided at full speed in the middle of the Sharks zone and that didn't really go to well for either of them, but Ferraro in particular came away in a lot of pain as he went to the bench.
Nathan MacKinnon is on pace for an 84-point season... on home ice
They've played 8:21 at Ball Arena. The shot attempts are many for the #Avs to two for the Sharks. Home team put the work boots on before this one, but also might have brought some of whatever was wrong with the Blues' sticks the other night with them back from St. Louis.
The Sharks won the draw cleanly and Mario Ferraro tried to skate to the otherside of the net to dump instead of firing it right away. The Avs kept the puck in and make it 1-0
Rantanen sneaks one through the crease to Rantanen for a PP goal. 1-0 #Avs
Colorado is just dominating possession, and the Sharks got mixed up on a line change and now have a PK.
The first time that Girard touched the puck the crowd went nuts #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
the first time that Girard touched the puck the crown went nuts #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado