The Finnish players performed excellently in the night’s NHL round. Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen’s wild scoring continued. Juuso Pärssinen made his debut in a Nashville shirt and immediately succeeded in scoring. Antti Raanna missed the head triplex.
Those who have ventured out into the world from Turku Palloseura Mikko Rantanen and Juuso Pärssinen were the top Finnish names of the NHL night. Both Turku natives received praise for their performances against Carolina and the New York Islanders.
Rantanen scored one goal for Colorado in an empty backpack and served a pass for three. Led by Rantanen, the Avalanche defeated Carolina 4–1.
Rantanen, chosen as the first star of the match, earned it from Colorado’s head coach From Jared Bednar short and to the point praise.
– He was fantastic today, Bendar said after the match about the Finn who was chosen as the best player of the game.
The evening was completed by Turku educators Artturi Lehkonenwho served one inning.
It was more difficult in the Carolina camp. The Finns were left without power points and the darkest power reading in the Hurricanes group was the center Sebastian Ahoreading -2.
Played in goal Antti Raanta stretched to his best in the match. However, the opening goal from Rauma was certainly disappointing, the hit was that special. Colorado defender Cale Makarin the shot spun directly into the end plexiglass, from which the puck took a strange bounce. Lätty fell directly from the goal onto Raanta’s slightly protruding back, bouncing him off his skate and into the goal.
You can watch Rantanen’s goal and Raanna’s misfortune in the video from the main scene of the story.
Pärssinen’s debut on the button
The Nashville Predators beat the New York Rangers at home with a score of 2–1. Although three Finns scored points in the match, Nashville’s Juuso Pärssinen deserved the biggest spotlight.
Pärssinen debuted in the NHL after receiving a command from the farm team Milwaukee Admirals. At the same time, he became part of the fourth Finnish father-son pair that has played in the NHL. His father Timo Pärssinen played 17 games for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 2001–02 season. Before Pärssisten’s standard, Finns have played in the NHL The Hagmans (Checkmate and Niklas), You’re holding on (The same and Casper) as well as Up (Juha and Jesse).
For the younger Pärssinen, the debut was also worth the opening goal of his career. Even before the match, he was praised for his versatility, fighting strength and puck skills, among other things, the head coach From John Hynes received Pärssinen put the red light on in the opening set.
by Mikael Granlund and by Filip Forsberg Pärssinen, who played with Pärssinen, passed his opponent in a one-on-one situation, headed towards the goal and shot the puck into the back upper corner. The shot was also the first of his Finnish career. The goal and performance earned him the best player of the match award.
You can see Pärssisnen’s goal in the main picture of the story in the video on the spot.
Stopped 34 shots on goal for the Predators Juuse Saros acknowledged his compatriot’s success coolly.
– It was a good goal. To be honest, I wasn’t exactly surprised by that, because he already made such a big impression in training camp. Juuso is a good player, Saros said according to Nashville’s A to Z Sports channel.
NHL night results:
Buffalo–Boston 1–3
Montreal–Pittsburgh 5–4
New Jersey–Arizona 4–2
Toronto–Vancouver 3–2
NY Islanders–Columbus 4–3
Nashville–NY Rangers 2–1
Colorado–Carolina 4–1
Anaheim–Chicago 2–3
Calgary-Winnipeg 3-2
Vegas–St. Louis 2–3
Los Angeles–Detroit 4–2