Nathan Mackinnon buries his team with defeated comments
The Colorado Avalanche went down 3-1 in their series to the Dallas Stars last night. After the game, Nathan MacKinnon sounded quiet defeated in his post-game interview.
Game four between the two teams was one of the most lopsided affairs of the entire playoffs so far. The Stars thoroughly dominated the home team in all aspects of the game, scoring first, and scoring often. At one point in the contest, the Stars were outshooting Colorado 22-4. In the end, they came away with a 5-1 victory.
The Avs were missing key pieces in Valeri Nichushkin and Devon Toews, but Nathan MacKinnon is not using that as an excuse. That being said, he did make a rather shocking revelation after the game. When asked about the team's confidence level, he openly admitted that the team is not feeling their best after going down 3-1 in the series.
l wouldn't say it's super high. I mean, it's just natural.
I think when you're not producing and scoring how we usually do - and that starts with us, the top players need to be a lot better.
I think our depth has been really, really good this whole playoff run, so we gotta get going here. We'll give it our all tomorrow night.»
MacKinnon did address the absences of Nichushkin and Toews, but stated that he thinks the team is still good enough to win, even without those players in the lineup.
Clearly, the effort level was not good enough in game four though, and now Dallas just needs one win with three games left in the series to advance to the Western Conference Final. Will this be the year Dallas finally breaks through to win a Stanley Cup? Be sure to stay tuned to find out.
| POLL | ||
MAI 15 | 164 ANSWERS Nathan Mackinnon buries his team with defeated comments Who do you think will win the series between the Colorado Avalanche and the Dallas Stars? | ||
| Colorado | 41 | 25 % |
| Dallas | 123 | 75 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Evan Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||