BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon was in such a zone on Monday, the Colorado Avalanche’s top-line center blanked on his second goal celebration.

“Stick twirl? I don’t think I did that, did I?” MacKinnon said, after his two-goal outing helped seal a 3-1 victory over the winless Buffalo Sabres . “I’ll have to rewatch it.”

Upon review, MacKinnon smiled when showed a replay of the stick twirl and punctuating his celebration with a fist pump after his snap shot from the high slot beat Alex Lyon on the short side to cap the scoring with 8:01 left in the second period.

“I guess I did,” he said. “Definitely excited about the goal. Don’t usually score from that far out, so just happy about it.”

He is no stranger to scoring. He’s scored at least 20 goals 10 times over his first 12 season

See Full Page