Antti Raanta saved Carolina’s overtime win over Buffalo.
Antti Raanna’s brave response was not reciprocated. AOP / USA TODAY Sports
The Finns were strongly present when Carolina squeezed two points from Buffalo with a 3–2 overtime victory.
Carolina’s number one star Sebastian Aho served two namu passes when he started first Brady Skjein At the beginning of the third period of the 2–1 goal and then by Martin Necas the winning goal in overtime. Both goals were preceded by a nice spin in Buffalo’s end.
If the winning goal is not visible on your device, you can watch it from here.
Antti Raanta on the other hand, after Necas, he was chosen as the second star of the match. The Finn blocked 20 pucks and made one parade save in the middle of the third period.
Raanta bravely went out from his goal when Casey Mittelstadt got through. Pussari was the first to get to the puck and flicked it into wider waters, but after that he caught the rubber ball Jordan Greenwayand the goal gaped its emptiness.
The Buffalo player immediately shot towards the goal, but Raanta threw himself like a baseball player and saved what looked like a sure goal with his stick. The performance was admired on Carolina’s X-account, where you can find a video clip of the save.
– Antti Raanta is a wild man, Carolina’s social media manager described the Finn’s actions on the side of the video.
If the video doesn’t show up on your device, you can watch it from here.
Teuvo Teräväinen and Jesperi Kotkaniemi cooled off Carolina in the second game, but both were without power this time.
Also Buffalo pack Henri Jokiharju spent the evening with binoculars. In the visitors’ goal Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 24 saves.