Colorado’s acquisitions had a difficult start – the power forward who returned from the treatment program solved it

Casey Mittelstadt and Sean Walker in, Ryan Johansen and Bowen Byram out.

Colorado made big moves in the transfer backfield, and the new reinforcements were on fire for the first time last night, when the Denver team overthrew Minnesota 2-1 in overtime. However, Mittelstadt and Walker remained outside the headlines.

In the middle of the second chain Valery Nitshushkin and by Jonathan Droun Mittelstadt, who played in between, got 13:56 of ice time, and no power points were scored. The center only won 41.2 percent of his starts, and the entire chain lost Moneypuck’s according to the statistics, the expected goals (0.277–1.295) clearly in 5–5 games.

Walker, on the other hand, was the lute in Colorado’s triple pair Jack Johnson’s with just under 19 minutes. He got the fourth most ice time among the home team’s pucks.

Like Mittelstadt, Walker was scoreless. In addition, the defender’s power statistics were a degree below zero. The goal expectation of the Johnson–Walker pair (0.117–1.181) was clearly on the negative side.

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Key players in action

Colorado’s victory was guaranteed by familiar men. Artturi Lehkonen did by Nathan MacKinnoin preliminary work after the opening goal of the match already 42 seconds into the game.

Sensational newcomer by Brock Faber Komea Kuti leveled the match at 1–1 in the second set.

The overtime decision was struck by Nitšuškin, who returned to the lineup from the NHL’s treatment program. He shoveled the puck with superior strength into the furnace of MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen of inputs.