MacKinnon Leaves Game 3 With Injury as Avalanche Sweat the Details

The Avalanche do not get many nights where the concern level climbs faster than the shot clock, but this is one of them. MacKinnon sustaining an injury in Game 3 changes the temperature on the bench, in the room, and anywhere else the staff is already doing math it would rather avoid. When a top player exits in the playoffs, every shift after that starts carrying a little more weight, and every update matters a lot more than the scoreboard does.