Dallas remains a thorn in Colorad’s fifth
In the first round of the NHL, the Dallas Stars hockey players beat Colorado Avalanche 4: 2 in the first round of the NHL playoffs and qualified for the second round with 4: 3. Fine Mikko Rantanen He was a key man of the match, participating in all the successful attacks of the hosts with three goals and passing.
Rantanen became the first player in the NHL League history to score Hat Trick in the third third of the seventh game in the playoffs, and also the first to score four points in one third in the playoffs twice in a row. He also collected goal and three passes in the second third in the sixth match of the Colorado series.
At the beginning of the third third, Colorado led Colorado with 2-0, but thanks to former Colorado player Rantanen, in the last 12 minutes and 11 seconds, Dallas has prepared an unusual twist with four goals.
In the first two thirds there was little opportunity to go to the goal, and the guests from Denver were led by a goal in the middle of the second third Josha Manson With a player less. When it is Nathan Mackinnon After only half a minute of play in the third third, increased the advantage of Colorado, it seemed that Avalanche would finally break a series of seven consecutive defeats in the decisive seventh game in the playoffs.
Rantanen then lowered by 1: 2 and refunded the hope of winning the home team, who equalized in 2: 2 by accident of the best guest defender Calea Makar. Colorado had previously attacked more with the player, Makar prepared for a shot from the blue lines, but at that moment he broke the stick.
Dallas triggered a counterattack. Rantanen rounded up a slope with a plate and then scored a skate Samuerla Girardawhich bounced into the net. It is shortly after Jack Drury committed a misdemeanor that led to exclusion, and Dallas only took 17 seconds to take the lead.
Former Actor Colorado, Rantanen and Matt duchenethey opened up space for a successful shot with quick passes Wyatta Johnston. With his third goal, the final score was erected by Rantanen with a shot in an empty net three seconds before the end of the match.
This is the third time in the last five years that Dallas has eliminated Colorado from the playoffs; In 2020, this was in the second round with 4: 3 for the Stars, and last year also in the second round for 4: 2 in the series.
In the second round, Dallas will compete with the winner of the match between Winnipeg Jets and Saint Louis Blues, who will play a decisive seventh game on Monday night.
