Mikko Rantanen recorded three assists in Colorado’s win over the Nashville Predators. He has collected 39+61=100 power points from 74 matches of the season.
The Colorado Avalanche’s place in the NHL playoffs was secured with a 7-4 win over the Nashville Predators.
Nashville led the game 4–2 in the second period, when Colorado Artturi Lehkonen scored a 3–4 goal with superiority. Mikko Rantanen picked up three assists in his home court. At the beginning of the second period, taken on Colorado’s goal Justus Annunen kept a clean sheet with 22 saves.
Rantanen reached the 100 power point mark for the second time in his career. Now he has collected 39+61 performances from 74 matches. Last season, he scored 105 points in the regular season.
With the goal of the Predators Kevin Lankinen parried 35 times, but esp Nathan MacKinnon (2+2) was difficult for the Finnish keeper to hold.
MacKinnon leads the NHL’s scoring market with 47+80=127.
The top scorer in the NHL is the Toronto Maple Leafs Austin Matthews, who scored his 60th goal of the season against the Buffalo Sabres. Toronto won the match 3–0. Matthews, 26, is the only American player ever to reach 60 goals. He also crossed the ghost line in the second season.
Of the active players, they have only managed to score 60 goals in one season Alexander Ovechkin, Connor McDavid, David Pastrnak and Steven Stamkos.
A career point record for Aho
In addition to Artturi Lehkonen, five other Finns managed to score in the night’s NHL round. Florida Panthers Alexander Barkov scored both of his team’s regular time goals on Saturday night. The home team Florida’s 3–2 victory over Detroit was decided in the winning goal contest.
Sebastian Aho led the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3–0 win over the Montreal Canadiens with one goal and one assist. Aho has already scored 85 power points this season, which is his point record. The pace has accelerated recently, as Aho has scored nine power points in the last five matches.
Matias Maccelli scored a goal and assisted on another, but the Arizona Coyotes he represented lost to the New York Rangers 5–8. Maccelli has scored in three consecutive matches.
Mikael Granlund got a taste of scoring in San Jose’s 4-0 win over St. Louis, as well Roope Hintz In Dallas’ 3–0 win over Seattle. The victory was the seventh in a row for Dallas.
The results of the NHL round:
Florida – Detroit vl. 3–2 (F: Barkov 2+0, Mikkola 0+1)
Colorado-Nashville 7-4 (C: Lehkonen 1+0, Rantanen 0+3, Annunen 22/22 saves, N: Lankinen 35/41 saves)
Arizona – NY Rangers 5-8 (A: Maccelli 1+1, Välimäki 0+1, N: Second 0+1)
St.Louis-San Jose 0-4 (SJ: Granlund 1+0)
Winnipeg-Ottawa 2-3 (O: Korpisalo 28/30 saves)
Buffalo – Toronto 0-3 (B: Luukkonen 19/22 saves)
Montreal-Carolina 0-3 (C: Aho 1+1, Teräväinen 0+1)
Seattle-Dallas 0-3 (D: Hintz 1+0, Lindell 0+1)
Minnesota–Vegas and. 1–2
Edmonton-Anaheim 6-1
Columbus–Pittsburgh vl. 4–3
Philadelphia-Chicago 1-5
Tampa Bay – NY Islanders 4–1
Washington – Boston vl. 2–3