{"id":605241,"date":"2026-04-15T07:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605241\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T07:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:57:14","slug":"mackinnon-scores-53rd-goal-of-season-avalanche-hold-off-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605241\/","title":{"rendered":"MacKinnon scores 53rd goal of season, Avalanche hold off Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"

MacKinnon scored into an empty net at 19:43 of the third period for the 3-1 final. Martin Necas<\/a>\u00a0had an assist for his 100th point of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy to get Marty 100 points, that was the goal,\u201d MacKinnon said.<\/p>\n

Having already clinched the top seed in the Western Conference, the Central Division title and the Presidents\u2019 Trophy, Colorado rested forward Brock Nelson<\/a>\u00a0and defenseman Devon Toews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve solidified our position obviously, so you\u2019re just trying to stay as sharp as you can,\u201d Avalanche assistant coach Nolan Pratt said. \u201cObviously it\u2019s tough when you\u2019re looking ahead at what\u2019s to come. Really it\u2019s just about us trying to keep our game where it\u2019s at and preparing for what\u2019s coming forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colorado was without head coach Jared Bednar, who sustained facial fractures and a corneal abrasion after he was struck by a puck in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on\u00a0Saturday. Pratt and fellow assistant Dave Hakstol coached the team in his absence on Colorado\u2019s two-game road trip.<\/p>\n

Blake Coleman<\/a> scored for the Flames (33-39-9), who had won two in a row at home and had gone 7-0-1 in their past eight at the Saddledome. Wolf made 36 saves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was a pretty even game,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cIt really could have gone either way. Our power play had a lot to be desired tonight. Aside from that, I thought guys played hard and played well. It felt like it would come down to one bounce and they get a nice tip there in the third and we couldn\u2019t convert on our chances.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MacKinnon scored into an empty net at 19:43 of the third period for the 3-1 final. Martin Necas\u00a0had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-605241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}