Colorado Avalanche’s Finnish forward Mikko Rantanen scored three goals in the team’s loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Vegas Golden Knights opened their NHL season by beating the Colorado Avalanche 8–4. Colorado Finnish gun Mikko Rantanen scored three goals for Colorado in the match.
The away team Avalanche started the scoring when Nathan MacKinnon served the puck from the corner to Rantanen, who shot directly from the pass to make it 1–0.
Colorado’s black moment came at the end of the first period, when Vegas completed two goals in just 25 seconds. As scorers Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone.
At the beginning of the second period, the Avalanche got the upper hand. One of the best defenders in the series Cale Makar moved the puck to Rantanen, who typically shot straight from the pass to repeat the puck past the Vegas keeper Adin Hill’s.
Rantanen completed his hat trick when seven minutes had been played in the final set. The third goal was almost identical to the Finn’s second goal. Makar passed the puck to Rantanen, who in his usual style shot the puck with one knee down directly from the pass into the Vegas net.
In the end, Vegas won the high-scoring match 8-4, and thus the three points remained in the casino city. Forward of the home team Golden Knights Jack Eichel scored four goals in the match.
– We have to watch Vegas’ goals on video and learn from the mistakes, Rantanen told the media after the match.
Copper hit in a crushing victory
In the meeting between the Canadian teams, last season’s finalist Edmonton Oilers suffered a 6–0 loss to the Winnipeg Jets.
Winnipeg’s Finnish forward Rasmus Kupari24, finished off his team’s third hit by a defenseman in the second period By Josh Morrissey careful preliminary work.
The Oilers changed their goalie in the second period. Stuart Skinner made room For Calvin Pickard.
Jets 5-0 goal kicker Kyle Connor continued his wild streak, as the 27-year-old Yankee forward has now scored a goal in the season opener for seven seasons in a row. No other player in NHL history has been able to do the same. Connor has represented Winnipeg throughout his NHL career.
Winnipeg in the final Mark Scheifele beautified with superiority. The final score of the match was 6–0.
The opening of Edmonton’s season was just as sad last season, when the team suffered an 8–1 loss to Vancouver.
Applause for Laine in Montreal
The Montreal Canadiens opened their season at home against the team’s worst enemy, the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The home team won the match 1–0 by Cole Caufield by hitting Before the start of the season, Caufield changed his game number to number 13, with which he honors the former NHL player who tragically passed away at the end of the summer Johnny Gaudreau, who wore the same number during his playing career.
After the goal, Caufield pointed his finger upwards in memory of Gaudreau. (X-embedding of the situation below).
The brightest star of the match was the Canadiens goalkeeper Samuel Montembeaultwho stopped all 48 of Toronto’s shots in the game. It was also an NHL record, as no other goaltender in the history of the series has blocked as many shots while keeping a clean sheet in the season opener.
Montreal’s Finnish forward Joel Armia played a good 16 minutes in the match, shot three times and tackled twice. Oliver Kapanen watched the game from the stands outside the lineup.
Before the start of the match, Montreal introduced its players to the home crowd of more than 21,000. Unfortunately injured during the training season Patrick Laine had also arrived and was involved in the Montreal player presentation.
The supporters of the home team gave the Finn their resounding applause. (X-embedding of the situation below).
Montreal Canadiens – Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0
Pittsburgh Penguins – New York Rangers 0-6
Edmonton Oilers – Winnipeg Jets 0–6 (WPG: R. Kupari 1+0)
Vancouver Canucks – Calgary Flames 5–6 and. (VAN: Aatu Räty 0+1)
Vegas Golden Knights – Colorado Avalanche 8–4 (COL: M. Rantanen 3+0)
The story is updated.