With Sundin, the Maple Leafs and Hockey Hall of Fame legend, on hand at the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, for the NHL Draft Lottery, Toronto, which came into the night with the fifth-best odds of winning the lottery (8.5 percent), shocked its supporters and, perhaps, itself, when the Ping-Pong balls fell in its favor.

MacKinnon gave the Avalanche a 4-1 lead on the power play at 13:18 of the third period with his fourth goal of the playoffs via a left-circle one-timer. With that tally, MacKinnon scored his 59th-career playoff goal and passed Peter Forsberg for the second most in franchise history.