{"id":5582,"date":"2024-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/predators-avalanche-score-trenin-mackinnon-9a8220fab45e61a1262b83b507951c30\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T00:00:00","slug":"predators-avalanche-score-trenin-mackinnon-9a8220fab45e61a1262b83b507951c30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/predators-avalanche-score-trenin-mackinnon-9a8220fab45e61a1262b83b507951c30\/","title":{"rendered":"MacKinnon, Trenin help Avalanche rally past Predators 7-4 to clinch playoff berth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists,, Yakov Trenin got the go-ahead goal against his former team, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the penalty-prone Nashville Predators 7-4 Saturday night to clinch a playoff spot.<\/p>\n
Cale Makar had a goal and two assists, Jonathan Drouin added a goal and an assist, and Casey Mittelstadt and Artturi Lehkonen also scored to help Colorado get a win after two straight losses. \u201cI thought we played a really good game against one of the best teams in the league,\u201d MacKinnon said. \u201cThat\u2019s a tough team to play against and we did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alexandar Georgiev allowed four goals on 13 shots before he was pulled less than a minute into the second period. Justus Annunen came on and stopped all 17 shots he faced the rest of the way to get the win that sent Colorado to the playoffs for a seventh consecutive season. \u201cThat\u2019s the goal, right?\u201d Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. \u201cGetting to the playoffs, give yourself a chance. It just shows the dedication, the hard work that all the guys are putting into every season and trying to keep improving from the season before. Yep, feels good.\u201d Cole Smith, Mark Jankowski, Dante Fabbro, and Gustav Nyquist had goals for Nashville, which lost for a second time since seeing its franchise record 18-game point streak snapped in Thursday\u2019s 8-4 loss at Arizona. Kevin Lankinen finished with 35 saves. \u201cWe played pretty good to be honest with you,\u201d Nyquist said. \u201cI think 5-on-5 especially, we made it tough on them. We created enough to probably score a couple more. Obviously, special teams, that\u2019s kind of where we lose the game. They get a few on the power play. We don\u2019t. \u201d<\/p>\n
Three of the Colorado goals came on the power play as the Avalanche beat the Predators for the first time in three meetings this season while reaching the team 100-point milestone for the third consecutive season, a franchise first. Nashville, however, went 0 for 5 on the power play. \u201cWe gave them too many opportunities,\u201d Predators coach Andrew Brunette said. \u201cObviously, we did some OK things but the power play was no good, either.\u201d<\/p>\n
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