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Top-5 : Mikko Rantanen scores his first goal with the Stars
Mathis Therrien
Top-5 : Mikko Rantanen scores his first goal with the Stars
Credit: There were ten games in the National Hockey League yesterday, as it was the first Saturday of hockey since the trade deadline. Several players were therefore playing their first game in their new colors. Here’s what caught our attention yesterday. 1. Mikko Rantanen scores his first goal in a Stars uniform After a completely crazy […]
There were ten games in the National Hockey League yesterday, as it was the first Saturday of hockey since the trade deadline.

Several players were therefore playing their first game in their new colors.

Here’s what caught our attention yesterday.

1. Mikko Rantanen scores his first goal in a Stars uniform

After a completely crazy saga with the Carolina Hurricanes, Mikko Rantanen finally found his new home for the next eight seasons, namely in Dallas with the Stars.

And last night, as the Stars hosted the Edmonton Oilers, Rantanen played his first game in a Stars uniform, and he took advantage of it to already score his first two points, including his first goal.

Rantanen went with his classic shot on reception on the power play, which gives a foretaste of what awaits Stars fans for the next eight years.

Despite the two points from the Finn, the Stars fell 5-4 to the Oilers. Rantanen will be back in action tonight against the Vancouver Canucks at 9 p.m.

2. Nathan MacKinnon reaches the 100-point plateau

The Colorado Avalanche’s number 29 has dominated the top scorers’ rankings since the beginning of the season.

Indeed, MacKinnon has not wavered since the start of the campaign, and he has been at the top of the top scorers for a long time now.

Moreover, yesterday, in a completely crazy game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, MacKinnon became the first player this season to reach the 100-point plateau.

He scored two goals in the Avalanche’s 7-4 victory, including the winning goal and a goal in an empty net.

This gives him 100 points, including 27 goals, in 64 games.

Also notable is that in the victory, Valeri Nichushkin scored a hat-trick, his first in his career.

This gives him 23 points, including 15 goals in 26 games this season.

3. Hat-trick for Steven Stamkos

The Nashville Predators have really disappointed everyone this season, as many of us believed in them with all their new additions.

However, it ultimately didn’t work out, as the Preds’ season is a real disaster.

Steven Stamkos is clearly bored with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Despite everything, the former Lightning captain hasn’t lost his scoring touch, and he proved it last night, as he scored all three of his team’s goals in a 3-2 overtime victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.

He completed his hat-trick with the winning goal in overtime.

This performance will clearly do good for Stamkos, who now has 41 points, including 21 goals in 63 games.

4. Mark Kastelic scores from the neutral zone

Speaking of the Lightning, well, last night they had a very difficult evening, as they were shut out 4-0 by the newly rebuilt Bruins.

Indeed, the Bruins sold many of their players during the trade deadline, but last night it didn’t show.

The support players played well, and they could count on the help of Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Indeed, on the Bruins’ second goal, Mark Kastelic shoots the puck from the neutral zone, and managed to deceive Vasilevskiy’s vigilance.

A rather unusual moment.

5. Vitek Vanecek gets a shutout in his first start with the Panthers

It was the evening of firsts last night, and Vitek Vanecek wanted to join the list, as he got a shutout in his first start with the Florida Panthers.

With Spencer Knight gone to Chicago in the Seth Jones trade, Vanecek will occupy the second goalie spot behind Sergei Bobrovsky, and last night, well, Vanecek was perfect in the 4-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.


Overtime

– Here are all the results from yesterday.

This is his tenth career shutout.

On the Panthers’ side, well, they are simply unbeatable at the moment, as they have only conceded one goal in their last four games, in addition to scoring 12 goals in the same sequence.

 

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– Here are the top scorers from yesterday.

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– Today’s NHL schedule: eight games.

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