Artturi Lehkonen from the tops and the goal finish took him to the NHL finals in Colorado after a 21-year hiatus. Mikko Rantanen was also short of the final goal of the match.
7.6. 07: 03 • Updated 7.6. 07:57
Artturi Lehkonen hit the Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup final early Tuesday morning Finnish time. Colorado defeated Lehkonen in the Edmonton Oilers 6–5 with a goal and thus progressed to a final of 4-0.
Lehkonen is becoming a big goal specialist, as he also hit the finals of the Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup a year ago. At that time, Lehkonen settled the match after only one minute and 39 seconds had elapsed.
This time, Lehkonen did not rest for as long, as he succeeded after only one minute and 19 seconds of play.
Colorado and Edmonton staged a wild play starring Finns. Edmonton already led the match 4-2 in the final round Zach Humanin by hitting, but soon Mikko Rantanen was already stuck in a 5-4 winning goal.
Formerly the captain Gabriel Landeskog had brought his team to the end of the goal, after which Lehkonen released Nathan MacKinnonin from midfield to scoring.
However, even Rantanen did not get to celebrate the winning goal when Zack Kassian leveled the game just under two minutes later.
However, the hero of the evening was Lehkonen, who also ate Cale Makarin the opening hit of the game that left the stage. Lehkonen, who predated 1 + 2, finished 6 + 5 = 11 in the NHL playoffs this spring.
The last three goals of the match can be viewed in the following video.
For Makari, who played for almost half an hour, the evening was incredibly hard, as he scored four hits in addition to his goal. Like Lehkonen, Landeskog finished 1 + 2.
Edmonton’s most powerful shone Leon Draisaitl (0 + 4) Connor McDavid (1 + 2) and Hyman (2 + 0).
The final spot is Avalanchelle’s first since 2001, when it celebrated the championship at the expense of New Jersey.