MacKinnon lands solid punches in rare fight!

Nathan MacKinnon isn't known to be a fighter but the feisty forward will always stick up for his teammates.

The Avalanche forward did just that against the Minnesota Wild yesterday, getting his linemate's back after a hard hit from d-man Matt Dumba.

Here's how it all went down:

The Avs' superstar obviously did well for himself. But you can guess that his bosses probably weren't too thrilled to see his hands used in such a way.

It was Mac Dogg's second fight of the season, with his first coming earlier this month when he went after Arizona's Dysin Mayo.