Mikko Rantanen on fire in the 600th game of his NHL career – scored his third hat trick of the season | Sports in a nutshell

Colorado Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen scored the tenth hat trick of his career in his celebration game.

Mikko Rantanen scored the tenth hat trick of his NHL career when the Finnish forward’s Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL. In the match that ended with a score of 6–2, Rantanen also scored two goals, one of which he finished off Artturi Lehkonen.

At the same time, the match was the 600th of Rantanen’s NHL career. The hat trick was the third this season and in the point exchange, the Finn rose to the third place shared in the entire series with his 42 (18+24) points.

– Winning is of course the biggest thing. We got two points in the standings. Of course, I’m happy if I can help the team win. The guys played well and created situations. Good job everyone, Rantanen atmosphere after the match.

From the Colorado team, Rantanen’s chain mate also had a five-point night Nathan MacKinnon.

– He is the best player in the world. He creates situations in every match, plays hard and is really dedicated to improving his moves every day, praised Rantanen.

The duo Rantanen-Kinnon also received praise from Pittsburgh’s Canadian defender From Kris Letangwho watched Rantanen’s 2–0 goal up close. In the situation of Colorado Cale Makar took the puck away from Letang and passed it to Rantanen, who lifted the puck past the Pittsburgh keeper Tristan Jarryn.

– MacKinnon has speed, skill and a shot. Rantanen has a strong presence and is really good near the goal. It’s hard to get them off the puck. Plus Makar, who is probably one of the best players out there right now. He makes the other team look stupid, Letang said.

Rantanen’s third goal finished the match with an empty net. The power point was the 659th of Rantanen’s NHL career. Finnish NHL players only Jari Kurri (848) and Teemu Selänne (756) have managed to score more points in their first 600 NHL games than Rantanen.