Birthday hero Mikko Rantanen ran through, Barkov opened his goal account – see Sebastian Aho’s amazing assist for Carolina’s winning goal

Three Finns managed to score in the NHL round.

The Finns of Colorado Mikko Rantanen and Artturi Lehkonen both scored against the New York Islanders. The Finns started by Evan Rodrigues the opening goal. Rantanen, who celebrated his birthday, increased the readings to 2–0 a moment later from a drive through.

However, Rantanen’s anniversary did not get a crown for the victory. Colorado led the game 3-1 after the second period, but the Islanders scored four goals in the third period and won by Alex Newhook despite the last-minute reduction, 5–4.

The Islanders are now on a three-game winning streak. For Colorado, the loss was the second in a row.

Barkov and Aho as guarantors of victories

Alexander Barkov recorded a goal and two assists and by Anton Lundell there was also an assist when the Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on their home ice.

The hosts from Florida already took a clear lead in the opening set. He scored the opening goal Carter Verhaeghe. Finnish skipper Barkov then scored the team’s 2–0 goal from a superior situation, which was his first hit this season.

– It feels nice, I have to admit. To be honest, I wasn’t trying to score a goal, but to get a pass, Barkov said after the match On the NHL website (you will switch to another service).

In the second set, Ottawa came out strong and tied the game. Instead, Florida took the lead at the end of the set with Verhaeghe’s second goal of the night, from which Barkov recorded an assist.

In the final set, Ottawa equalized again, but Brandon Montour restored the hosts’ lead with about three and a half minutes remaining in the match. The final scores were forged in the very last seconds of the round Matthew Tkachuk Assisted by Anton Lundell.

In addition to Barkov, Brandon Montour, Carter Verhaeghe and Matthew Tkachuk grabbed three power points.

Brother of Matthew Tkachuk, who made the final readings Brady Tkachuk was also seen on the ice in Florida. The younger Tkachuk, who serves as Ottawa’s captain, scored his team’s 2-2 equalizer in the second period.

Carolina Sebastian Aho bait by Brent Burns with a handsome 4–3 winning goal in overtime against Philadelphia. Teuvo Teräväinen and Jesperi Kotkaniemi were left without power points.

Carolina’s goal Antti Raanta blocked 26 shots.

Hintz scored, Kakole assisted

The New York Rangers won away from the Dallas Stars on Saturday. The match was even during the first two sets, but in the third set the visitors pulled away and won with 6–3 goals.

Dallas opened the scoring Mason Marchmentwhen the opening set was just over a minute behind. Chris Kreider however, corrected the situation about seven and a half minutes later. Kaapo Kako recorded an assist on Kreider’s equalizer.

Right at the beginning of the second period, New York managed to take the lead for half a minute with the help of Vincent Trocheck’s power play. The situation was leveled at 2-2 by Dallas’ Finnish striker Roope Hintz.

of New York Mika Zibanejadin and Dallas by Jason Robertson with the goals scored, the second set was left in a 3-3 draw, where it remained until the middle of the final set.

In the third set Zac Jones took the visitors into the lead again, from which there was no coming back this time. Scored the 5-3 goal Julien Gauthier just 19 seconds later. He completed the final readings with his second goal of the night Vincent Trocheck.

Juuse Saros made 32 saves against Nashville in a 0–3 loss to Washington.

of Detroit Ville Husso on the other hand, stretched the path of the puck 31 times when the Red Wings beat Minnesota 2–1 in a low-scoring match.

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