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For the Dallas Stars point guard, Roope for Hintz couldn’t find a catcher in the Minnesota series. Dallas beat the Minnesota Wild 4–1 and advanced from the 1st round of the NHL playoffs with a 4–2 win.
In addition to Dallas, their places in the second round have been secured by Vegas and Carolina.
Hintz opened the goal taps in the game of six in 6:22. The Finnish center got the puck at full speed on the blue line, made fun of his former teammate, the defender by John Klingberg and shot past into the top corner by Filip Gustavsson.
Right before Hintz’s goal, Minnesota had an open spot at the other end. Then “the hottest player in the playoffs” hit, as the local commentator said on the broadcast.
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With an efficiency of 5+7=12, Hintz leads the points market in the playoffs. At least for a while, Toronto, who scored 11 points, was left behind Mitchell Marner.
In the second round Wyatt Johnston and Mason Marchment already took Dallas to a three-goal run away with a feeling of safety.
In the third set Frederick Gaudreau narrowed, but Max Domi hit the Final Readings into an empty cage.
Dallas’ other Finns were left without power points, but the defender Miro Heiskanen was on the ice for almost half of the match (28.25). Esa Lindell and Jani Hakanpää they lute as a pack couple for a little over 20 minutes and Joel Kiviranta got 12.33 playing time in the foursome.
22 saves for Dallas Jake Oettinger was chosen as the first star of the match, Heiskanen as the second star and Hintz as the third star.
Dallas will face Colorado or Seattle in the next round of the playoffs.
Colorado’s streak lasted – Lehkonen had two hits
The reigning champion Colorado Avalanche were in a tight spot as the Seattle Kraken visited. Kraken, playing the first playoffs in its history, had run away to a 3–2 lead in the series with two consecutive victories.
However, Colorado evened the series with a 3–1 away win.
of Colorado By Bowen Byram the hit was disallowed at 14:27 for offside, so Seattle has still scored the opening goal in every game. Vince Dunn took the home team into the lead in 15:48, but Mikko Rantanen equalized with 20 seconds left in the period.
In the second set, Rantanen passed by Erik Johnson in the time of the winning goal 27.21. In the middle of the match there was a ruckus when Artturi Lehkonen yelled the Seattle keeper with a superior stick by Philipp Grubauer out of control. That was the beginning of the uproar, from which Seattle Will Borgen and Colorado’s Rantanen and Lehkonen received penalties.
Lehkonen finished 3–1 in 36.57 in his rather characteristic way, when he guided the defender Devon Toews I pull in. 12 seconds before the end of the three-set set, Lehkonen moved the puck to an empty spot, the final scores 4–1.
Rantanen has scored 6+3=9 in the playoffs. He is Colorado’s number one point guard. Lehkosen has 3+3=6 powers from the Kraken series.
The tiebreaker will be played on Sunday, so the winner will face Dallas.
shows the NHL playoff game between the New York Rangers and the New York Devils on the night between Saturday and Sunday in Finnish time. The Devils lead the series with a 3–2 win. The broadcast on TV2 and Areena starts at 3:05 a.m.
1st round of the playoffs, 6th matches (with four wins to continue):
NY Islanders–Carolina and. 1–2 (1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
C: Sebastian Aho 1+0
Carolina won 4–2 to the second round.
Florida–Boston 7–5 (2–1, 1–1, 4–3)
F: Aleksander Barkov 1+1, Anton Lundell 0+2, Eetu Luostarinen 1+1
Match wins 3–3.
Minnesota–Dallas 1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)
D: Roope Hintz 1+0
Dallas won 4–2 to the second round.
Seattle–Colorado 1–4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)
C: Mikko Rantanen 1+1, Artturi Lehkonen 2+0
Match wins 3–3.