MacKinnon was named the NHL's First Star for the week ending Jan. 5, his third Three Stars of the Week award of the season and the seventh of his career. MacKinnon tied for the league lead in scoring last week with the Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele, producing eight points (3g/5a) in three games. He is expected to appear in his 500th career game tonight, becoming the sixth draft pick in Avalanche history (since 1995-96) to play 500 contests with Colorado, joining Gabriel Landeskog (606), Alex Tanguay (598), Matt Duchene (586), Paul Stastny (538) and John-Michael Liles (523).