(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Playing in his first NHL hockey game on home ice, recently-acquired Colorado Avalanche center Martin Necas is introduced before a matchup against the St. Louis Blues ...

He won the game for the Colorado Avalanche anyway ... Jonathan Drouin collected an outlet pass from Samuel Girard near center ice and dropped it off to MacKinnon. The reigning league MVP started ...

He won the game for the Colorado Avalanche anyway. Makar came out of the penalty box ... Jonathan Drouin collected an outlet pass from Samuel Girard near center ice and dropped it off to MacKinnon.

Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon extended Colorado’s lead in its Western Conference ... and he cut toward the center of the ice and ripped a shot past Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner.

Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29 ... A few minutes later, David Gustafsson’s cross-ice pass was perfectly placed to Morgan Barron, who just beat Blackwood’s back-leg kickout ...

Murray spun and fell to the ice and stayed down on his hands and knees while being attended to by Colorado trainers. He got to his feet and went off with help from the Avalanche trainers.

The Oilers are 14-3-1 in their past 18 games; Draisaitl has a League-leading 32 points (14 goals, 18 assists) during that stretch and trails only Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (70 ...

At No. 58 is Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon ... led MacKinnon to establish himself as a familiar face off the ice, too. Each person on the list this year is ranked in 14 categories ...

McDavid was not whistled on the play, however Johansson left the ice and was later ruled ... team lead and nine shy of surpassing Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon for top spot league ...