Facts and Figures: Rantanen, MacKinnon first to reach 50 points

Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog continued their dominant season for the Colorado Avalanche in
a 6-4 win
against the Dallas Stars at Pepsi Center on Saturday.

Rantanen had two goals and an assist to extend his point streak to 14 games, tied with MacKinnon (2017-18) and Joe Sakic (1999-00) for the third-longest since the Avalanche arrived in Colorado in 1995-96. Paul Stastny (20 games, 2006-07) and Alex Tanguay (16 games, 2002-03) are ahead of him.
He leads the NHL with 56 points (15 goals, 41 assists), with MacKinnon second with 52 points (21 goals, 31 assists). They're the first players to reach 50 points this season.
Since 1981-82 they're the fifth set of teammates to be the first to reach 50 points in a season, joining Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2008-09, Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr with the Penguins in 1995-96, Wayne Gretzky and Glenn Anderson with the Edmonton Oilers in 1985-86, and Gretzky and Jari Kurri with the Oilers in 1983-84.
Rantanen's 56 points are the most by an Avalanche player through 33 team games, one more than Peter Forsberg had in 1995-96, and is tied for the third-most points through 33 games in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history, after Marian Stastny (58 points) and Peter Stastny (57) in 1982-83.
Landeskog scored two goals Saturday, giving him 21 in 33 games. It's the sixth time in eight seasons he's scored at least 20, and he's five goals from matching his NHL high of 26, set in 81 games in 2013-14.

Ovechkin continues career-best run

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored in the second period of
a 4-3 shootout win
against the Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena to extend his point streak to an
NHL career-best 14 games
. He has 23 points (17 goals, six assists) during his streak.
Ovechkin, 33, is the eighth NHL player with a point streak of at least 14 games at age 33 or older, and the first since Luc Robitaille of the Los Angeles Kings had a 15-game run at age 34 in 1999-00.
He's also three games from matching the longest point streak by a Capitals player. His 14-game run is the fourth-longest, after Mike Gartner (17 games, 1980-81 and 1984-85), Robert Lang (16 games, 2003-04) and Geoff Courtnall (15 games, 1988-89).
Ovechkin leads the NHL with 29 goals and is one from matching Gartner as the only NHL players to begin a career with 14 consecutive 30-goal seasons.

Rookies running wild

Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and two assists against the Capitals. At age 18 years, 246 days, he's the fifth youngest NHL defenseman with at least three points in a game. The only younger defensemen to accomplish the feat are Craig Wolanin (18 years, 135 days) on Dec. 9, 1985, Doug Bodger (18 years, 151 days) on Nov. 16, 1984, Zach Bogosian (18 years, 216 days) on Feb. 16, 2009, and Phil Housley (18 years, 222 days) on Oct. 17, 1982.

Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson had an assist in
a 5-1 win
against the Philadelphia Flyers at Rogers Arena, extending his point streak to six games, the longest by an NHL rookie this season. He's two from equaling the Vancouver rookie record of eight games by forward Pavel Bure in 1991-92.
Pettersson has an assist in six straight games, matching J.J. Daigneault's Canucks rookie record. It's the second-longest assist streak by a rookie forward since 2008-09, behind Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid's seven-game streak in 2015-16.