Carolina Hurricanes’ Teuvo Teräväinen completed a clever hit. Florida Panthers’ Anton Lundell also managed to score.
Finnish forward of the Colorado Avalanche Mikko Rantanen shook the terrible power points the night before Thursday in the hockey NHL. Rantanen scored a goal and even collected four assists as Colorado defeated the Washington Capitals 6–2.
Rantanen got an assist for each by Nathan MacKinnon from the hit. Colorado’s Canadian star also got an assist when he was involved in setting up Rantanen’s 5–1 goal.
MacKinnon collected 4+1 great performances in the match. With his evening speech, the Canadian rose to the top of the NHL points market. MacKinnon now has a total of 30+52=82, while the second one of the Tampa Bay Lightnings Nikita Kucherov is 31+49=80.
Colorado’s Finnish forward Artturi Lehkonen finally returned to the rink. Lehkonen played 16.12 minutes without power in the match against Washington.
Lehkonen injured his neck at the beginning of November in a game against the Seattle Kraken. The Finn was only supposed to be out for a while, but he ended up being sidelined for 35 matches.
– I thought that I would quickly recover, but that was not the case. That’s just how it goes sometimes. The injury was scary, but it was an accident that happened at high speed. I am excited to return to the rink. It will be fun, Lehkonen said on the NHL website before the night’s match.
Teräväinen finished smartly
In the top match of the Eastern Conference, the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins away from home with a score of 3–2.
That’s how Carolina’s Finnish powers gathered Sebastian Aho than Teuvo Teräväinen. Aho recorded two assist points and Teräväinen had a goal and an assist.
The hit finished by Teräväinen came with an upper hand and was quite a treat. The Finn’s stick drifted past a Boston defender Charlie Coyle between the legs, but the puck came to Teräväinen’s shoulder like a stealth. The Finn nailed a precise shot and the clever performance hit the back of the net.
The Florida Panthers once again defeated the Arizona Coyotes 6–2. Finnish striker representing Florida Anton Lundell succeeded in the match when he served a pass for a 4–0 lead goal and immediately finished the 5–0 readings.
In the match of the night, Florida Alexander Barkov and Eetu Luostarinen and Arizona Matias Maccelli grabbed one assist each.
Florida-Arizona 6-2
Lundell FLA 1+1
Barkov FLA 0+1
Monastic FLA 0+1
Maccelli ARI 0+1
Toronto–Winnipeg 1–0 and
Boston-Carolina 2-3
Sharp CAR 1+1
Aho CAR 0+2
Colorado-Washington 6-2
Rantanen COL 1+4
Seattle-Chicago 6-2
Vancouver–St. Louis 4–4 and
Los Angeles-Buffalo 3-5
Update 25.1.2024 at 08:36: Added the final results of other matches to the information box.
Correction 25.1.2024 at 9:33: Artturi Lehkonen injured his neck, not his ankle.