Nathan MacKinnon's fast. Every defenseman and goaltender around the league knows about his elite speed all too well.

The 26-year-old playmaker is trending in the right direction of late, and this goal extended his point streak to three games, notching two goals and two helpers in that span. He's also recorded eight ...

Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas scored in the third period, Nathan MacKinnon topped 1,000 points for his career, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Monday night for their ...

MacKinnon added an assist on Martin Necas’ goal about 3 minutes later. He nearly reached the milestone much earlier in the game. He appeared to have produced a first-period assist — players ...

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon appeared to have reached the 1,000-point milestone in the first period of Colorado’s game against Chicago. His teammates even streamed onto the ice to celebrate ...

The Hurricanes had acquired the 28-year-old Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche in January for Martin Necas and Jack Drury, along with a second-round pick and fourth-round pick. "If you only make ...

You could argue that at the end of the day, the Hurricanes ended up with two first-round picks, two third-round picks and Logan Stankoven for Martin Necas and Jack Drury. That would’ve been huge ...

TOP PERFORMERS: Mikko Rantanen has scored 27 goals with 43 assists for the Hurricanes. Martin Necas has one goal and nine assists over the past 10 games. Kyle Connor has 33 goals and 47 assists ...

Let’s backpedal to the 2024 offseason. Martin Necas was without a contract and reportedly wanted out of Carolina. The domino effect of that moment is that GM Eric Tulsky turned Necas and Jack ...

On the eve of his 26th birthday, Tyrese Martin had another big scoring night for the Nets. The second-year guard had 17 points, shooting 7-for-12 off the bench, in the Nets’ 121-119 loss to the ...

But the Hurricanes aren't as strong this postseason without Rantanen – and without Martin Necas, who's excelling in Colorado after being part of the first Rantanen trade. The Sharks received a ...