The Avs sweep their four game eastern road trip, holding off a pesky Ottawa Senators team with a 5-4 win, topped with an incredible save by Jonas Johansson in the closing seconds to the preserve the lead, and Lars Eller's first goal with the team in bizarre fashion holding up as the game winning goal. A few days later in Detroit, the Avs took care of business as MacKinnon hit thirty goals and Rantanen moved a step closer to 50 goals with his 46th. How many goals will Rantanen score before the end of the year, and can MacKinnon finally hit that evasive 100 point mark? Even with the Stars and Wild playing well, can the Avs continue to play good hockey and catch them before the season ends to win the Central?

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