Last seven games, seven goals. Although Colorado Mikko Rantanen has to play exceptionally wild minutes in a team struggling with injuries, the pace of goals doesn’t seem to slow down. The star striker already scored his 22nd goal of the season, as the reigning champion struggled from a chasing position to a 2–1 overtime victory Artturi Lehkonen and with Rantanen’s hits.
Montreal held the lead until the beginning of the final set of Anthony Richard on the goal to which the pass was served Joel Armia. Canadiens guard Jake Allen finally gave in when Rantanen served Lehkonen with a superior force in the middle of the square to equalize against his old club.
In overtime, the puck rolled near Colorado’s goal line until Rantanen caught it and shot the solution from a power attack. Avalanche managed to win four of the five-match home streak, even with a ragged lineup.
– We knew that we had to be good in the home stretch and get points. (Aleksandr) Georgiev made a big save at an important moment, and my own shot happened to now go through the keeper. It feels better to go to Nashville with this win and then enjoy Christmas for a while, Rantanen said after the match.
While Rantanen worked for more than 29 minutes in the previous match, now there was “only” 25:37 left in the game. If the Finn stays in shape, the finishing pace will clearly be the biggest pot of his career. Last season, Rantanen scored a record 36 goals, but now he is on pace for 58 goals and 106 points.
In the 2010s, he won the best one-season pot among Finns Patrick Laine In Winnipeg in 2017-2018 with 44 hits.
The execution of Barkov was recalled in Florida
In the match between Florida and New Jersey, we saw a rare fight between the Finnish players, when the Devils Erik Haula and the Panthers Anton Lundell met in the opening set. Haula came to tackle Lundell, whose stick went up in the Pori player’s face. Stunned by this, Haula wanted to take a moment to measure the man, and both were sentenced to five minutes. In addition, Lundell got the second from a high bat, which New Jersey took advantage of quickly.
Lundell, who returned to the rink after a three-week injury, was involved in initiating Luostarinen’s 2-1 lead goal in the second period, but it was the last reason for the panthers to rejoice, and New Jersey, playing its peak season, won 4-2 away from home.
Florida skipper Alexander Barkov wasn’t in the lineup after taking a blow to the kneecap in the starting circle last week against the Devils From Nico Hischier. This added heat to the match, and the situation escalated in the final minute after New Jersey’s final goal, when Florida Matthew Tkachuk attacked the Swiss.
Due to the situation, Tkachuk was given second place and four ten-minute behavior penalties.
The situation for the Panthers, even considering the playoffs, is starting to get tough. The team is sixth in its division after collecting the same number of points from 34 matches.
Pärsinen scores for a long time
of Detroit Olli Määttä accomplished the feat for the third time this season when he scored in the opener in a 1-1 home game against Tampa Bay. The goal celebration ended with a 7–4 victory for the Red Wings, and a Detroit goal Ville Husso Huhki made 34 saves for the win.
Nashville Juuso Pärssinen assisted two goals and Juuse Saros was the guarantor of the win in the goaltender in the Predators’ 4–2 away win over Chicago. The final set was tied, but Pärssinen served Roman Josin and Thomas Novak too the goals brought victory to the men from the country town. Saros made 37 saves in the winning game.
For Pärssinen, who entered the NHL arena with a bang in November, the points were the first in over a month, and 12 scoreless games were in between. History was also made in the game as Swiss defenseman Jos, 32, became Nashville’s all-time leading scorer with 567 points. He surpassed the striker in the statistics by David Legwand.
Dallas Roope Hintz opened the Stars’ scoring taps in the opener against Edmonton, but the Oilers were stronger 6–3. Hintz’s goal was the 14th of the season. Jesse Puljujärvi served in the final set Connor McDavid’s finished the 5–3 goal.
In the meeting between Arizona and Vegas in the last games, the Coyotes missed a few minutes Juuso Välimäki managed to pass in the second round by Logan Thompson. The goal was the second of the season for the man from Nokia. Vegas won the match 5–2.
Tonight’s results:
Detroit-Tampa Bay 7-4
D: Match 1+0, game time 17.28
D: Husso 34/38 guard.
Colorado – Montreal 2-1 and.
C: Rantanen 1+1, 25.37
C: Lehkonen 1+0, 19.24
M: Armia 0+1, 11.16
Chicago-Nashville 2-4
N: Pärssinen 0+2, 15.03
N: Granlund 0+0, 16:56
N: Saros 37/39 torj.
Florida – New Jersey 2-4
F: Monastic 1+0, 17.49
F: Lundell 0+1, 14.10
N: Haula 0+0, 17.42
Dallas-Edmonton 3-6
D: Hintz 1+0, 16.34
D: Heiskanen 0+0, 22.45
D: Hakanpää 0+0, 18.24
D: Lindell 0+0, 20.09
D: Kiviranta 0+0, 13.23
E: Puljujärvi 0+1, 12.47
E: Niemeläinen 0+0, 16.29
Vegas-Arizona 5-2
A: Välimäki 1+0, 11:44
A: Maccelli 0+0, 17.27
Anaheim-Minnesota 1-4