Mikko Rantanen freaked out – Won the Finnish points exchange overwhelmingly

Mikko Rantanen (left) celebrated Nathan MacKinnon’s hat trick and the winning goal. USA Today Sports/AOP

The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Nashville Predators 4-3 in their last regular season game to secure a first-round playoff opponent against the Seattle Kraken.

There was no doubt about the biggest star of the match, because Nathan MacKinnon hit a hat trick and added one assist. MacKinnon scored two goals in ten minutes in the opening set and completed the deciding goal in the final set.

A Finnish chain friend Mikko Rantanen passed MacKinnon’s two hits.

The Finnish talent scared the puck fans in the opening set. Predators Jakov Trenin tackled Ranta from a dead corner in the open ice, as a result of which the attacker fell to the ice. Rantanen had to leave the locker room.

Fortunately for Colorado, however, the Finn returned to the ice in the same set.

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Rantanen scored 55+50=105 in 82 games in the regular season. He was eighth in the entire NHL point exchange and won the Finns’ point exchange with a whopping 27 point difference to Aleksander Barkov.

Colorado secured the first place in the central division with its victory in the last match.

Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves in goal against Nashville. The team’s season ended with the regular season.

Buffalo, on the other hand, beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 in the second match of the round.