Denver: Audible sounds of appreciation descended onto the ice, as if the Pepsi Centre crowd couldn’t believe what was happening.
It was a superb display by a Hart Trophy candidate. He took over the game. He celebrated. He smiled. It was a legacy performance, one of the greatest statement games in the NHL this season.
Anze Kopitar scored four goals on Thursday night in a 7-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche while matched against fellow MVP candidate Nathan MacKinnon in the biggest game of the season to date for the Kings, on a difficult trip that Kopitar steered right into Kings history.
“I just felt all night that the puck was kind of following me around,” Kopitar said. “You really want to make the most of it. I got a couple of scoring opportunities. You really want to cash in. I guess it worked out for me tonight.”
