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Nathan MacKinnon just owned the Capitals

The Caps didn’t quite have the Colorado Avalanche put away, and then Nathan MacKinnon smoked Dmitry Orlov to score a highlight-reel goal.

Check out these moves.

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From his own blue line, MacKinnon is all by himself. He dances with Orlov but smokes him. Niskanen tried to shut him down but could not.

Wow.

MacKinnon backhands the goal to bring the Avs within one. It’s so gorgeous, it’s hard to be mad.

Hard. Not impossible. We’re mad.

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