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Finnish players managed to score in every four games of the NHL round

The reigning champion Vegas Golden Knights came from three goals down to a 4-3 overtime victory over the Colorado Avalanche in the night’s NHL round.

of Colorado Mikko Rantanen took his team to a 3–0 lead in the second period. The hit was the first in three games for the Finn, who missed a couple of games due to a concussion.

Rantanen said after the match For Guerilla Sports, that feels good.

– Of course, the situation was scary, and it was my first concussion, so everything was a bit new, but it feels really good to be involved again, Rantanen said.

In the final round, Vegas came close when Ivan Barbasev hit once and William Karlsson twice. The solution hit Tomas Hertl.

According to Rantanen, Colorado knew that Vegas would push the end of the match hard.

– It’s tough when you lead 3–0 and play a good opening set. In the second set they got a little involved and in the third they had a lot of chances to score.

– The point doesn’t feel good. We want to get some wins before the end of the season. Now there is only one (regular) game left.

The Avalanche lost their previous match 0–7 to the Winnipeg Jets. The team has lost seven of their last ten matches.

of Colorado Artturi Lehkonen recorded an assist Cale Makarin 2–0 to the goal.

Both Colorado and Vegas have secured spots in the spring playoffs.

Finns scoring

The St. Louis Blues also played a strong final set, who came from a tie to a 4–1 victory over the Seattle Kraken. Made a 1-1 draw Kasperi Kapanen finished his sixth goal of the season with a wrist shot at the end of the counterattack.

Sebastian Aho beat the Final Scores 4–2 into an empty net as Carolina defeated the Chicago Blackhawks to extend its winning streak to five games.

The Hurricanes were down 2–1 in the third period, but got up by Seth Jarvis with two man-of-the-match goals in the lead.

– We just have to keep fighting, even if everything doesn’t always go as we would like. Fortunately, our superiority worked well and we got two important hits and the victory with them, Aho said after the match.

The fourth match of the night also saw a Finnish goal scorer, when the Arizona Coyotes, who are in the middle of transfer speculation, lost to the Calgary Flames 5-6.

Matias Maccelli gave the Coyotes a 2–0 lead in the second when he scored Josh Brown’s from the stroke to the goal of the puck.