Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen scored his 200th career goal in Saturday afternoon’s 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center.
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The 26-year-old forward did it on the game’s first success, when he used good play from Nathan MacKinnon to move the strings. It was his 35th goal this season.
Rantanen became the fourth Finn, after Teemu Selanne, Jari Kurri and Tomas Sandstrom, to cross this plateau fastest in the National Hockey League (NHL). The representative of “Avs” made it in 462 games.
Against the Blues, the number 96 in the Colorado formation also provided an assist in one of defender Bowen Byram’s two successes. It was the second time in his fledgling career that the full-back had scored twice in the same game. In these two networks, Quebecer Samuel Girard was an accomplice.
The Avalanche’s other success came from Valeri Nichushkin, who used a power play to beat goaltender Jordan Binnington.
It was Samuel Blais who was the only blues player To for the brand. It was his second goal in four games for the St. Louis club since the trade that brought him to Missouri from the New York Rangers.
The “Preds” demolish the Panthers
At the Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Predators defenders Roman Josi and Ryan McDonagh each had three points in a 7-3 win over the Florida Panthers.
The first scored one goal and two assists, the second was an accomplice to three successes.
Striker Tommy Novak also stood out with two goals. Other Preds goals came from Matt Duchene, Ryan Johansen, Colton Sissons and Yakov Trenin.
The Nashville team ended a short run of two losses. For the Panthers, Nick Cousins, Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Reinhart have threaded the needle. Goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky started the match but was chased before the half-hour and gave up four times in 11 shots. Spencer Knight was sent into the fight as a reinforcement, giving up two goals on 14 shots.
The Montmagny native robbed goaltender Justus Annunen of his first career NHL shutout. The latter played his first game with the Avalanche in 2022-2023 and had to face 20 shots. At the other end of the rink, Binnington received 33 shots.