Lehkonen, chosen as the best player of the match, was on the ice for less than ten minutes. According to Colorado’s head coach, Lehkonen will have surgery, and there is no information yet on when he will return to the ice.
Jonne Niemeläinen,
STT Sports
In the ice hockey NHL, the Finnish attackers of the Colorado Avalanche were on the Canadian side in a hard blow, when the team won 8-4 away from the Montreal Canadiens.
of Colorado Artturi Lehkonen your sum powers 2+1 and Mikko Rantanen accompanied by 1+1. Montreal’s too Jesse Ylönen scored a goal in the match.
Lehkonen, chosen as the best player of the match, broke his finger in the match. He left the ice in the 13th minute of the second period. Despite his score, Lehkonen only managed to be on the ice for less than ten minutes.
The head coach Jared Bednar says that Lehkonen needs surgery, and there is no information yet, because the Finnish cannon could return to the ice.
– Lehkonen will go home from Toronto on Tuesday and he will be operated on, Bednar revealed.
The game was Lehkonen’s first in Montreal since he was traded from the Canadiens to the Avalanche in March of last year.
Lehkonen opened the scoring taps of the match after only a couple of minutes of the game, took the Avalanche to a 4–0 lead at the end of the opening set and was the second pitcher of the 6–1 hit in the second set. Lehkonen deflected both of his shots from in front of the goal. In a power play goal, Lehkonen hit Rantanen’s shot.
With the goals, Lehtonen broke the 100-goal mark in the Taala League.
– One hundred goals is a big amount. This is sure to be a special night for Lehkonen as he scored twice in front of goal against his former club. It was great to see him succeed here, a two-goal Avalanche forward Logan O’Connor glowed.
Also started three goals Cale Makar praised Lehko, who also received applause from the Montreal fans.
– Everyone loves him. He is a great guy and friend. It says a lot that the Montreal fans were rooting for him, Makar said.
Rantanen succeeded at the beginning of the second period, when he broke 5-1 in front of the goal.
Lehkonen has now played 62 matches this season with an output of 20+29=49. He now broke the 20 goal mark in the NHL for the first time.
Rantanen, who leads the Finns’ NHL point exchange this season, is already approaching the 80-point mark, as he already has 78 (43+35) points.
Montreal forward Jesse Ylönen scored in the third to make it 3-7. The 23-year-old forward, who hit the puck in front of the goal, had a complete hit, the third of the season.
The match was Montreal’s seventh in a row without a win. Colorado, on the other hand, won the second match in a row.
Tolvanen hit, Heiskanen started three goals
The Seattle Kraken also got a taste of the power points Eeli Tolvanen (1+0) and the star defender of the Dallas Stars Miro Heiskanen (0+3), when Dallas beat Seattle 5–2.
Heiskanen, who was selected as the second star of the match, was the first scorer of one goal and was marked as the second scorer for two goals. The Finnish pack, which is in a seven-match power streak, now has 10+44=54 out of 64 matches under its belt.
The goal was the 14th of the season for Tolvane, who narrowed the game to 2–3 in the second period.
The results of the NHL round:
Montreal–Colorado 4–8 COL: Lehkonen 2+1, Rantanen 1+1 MTL: Ylönen 1+0
Toronto–Buffalo 3–4
Seattle to Dallas 2–5 SEA: Tolvanen 1+0 DAL: Heiskanen 0+3