US EditionMikko Rantanen has 4-point 3rd period for Stars to unbelievably knock former team out of playoffs
- On Saturday, May 3, 2025, Mikko Rantanen scored a third-period hat trick to lead the Dallas Stars to a 4-2 Game 7 playoff win over the Colorado Avalanche in Dallas.
- Rantanen, traded twice this season after 9½ years with Colorado, faced his former team having made seven straight playoff appearances and won the 2022 Stanley Cup with them.
- Rantanen overcame a two-goal Avalanche lead by scoring all three goals in the final period and assisting on Wyatt Johnston's decisive power-play score.
- He became the second NHL player with four third-period points in a Game 7 and the only player with a hat trick solely in that period, finishing with five goals in the series.
- Rantanen said, "I don't know revenge," expressing team happiness, while Colorado’s coach called him a pure goal scorer who created chances every puck touch as the Avalanche ended their season.
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Stars Mikko Rantanen Sends His Former Team Packing In Unbelievable Game 7 Against Avalanche
Mikko Rantanen was one of the biggest stories of the NHL season, from his stunning trade from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes, who were then forced to flip him ahead of the trade deadline to the Dallas Stars.So, it's only fitting that the Rantanen and the Stars would meet the Avs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and even more fitting that he threw down one of the most incredible Game 7 performances in recent memo…
"This is what we expect from you": PK Subban takes a dig at NHL's highest paid superstars after $96,000,000 Mikko Rantanen's electric Game 7 performance
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Mikko Rantanen has 4-point 3rd period for Stars to unbelievably knock former team out of playoffs
Mikko Rantanen would have never believed that he would have a hat trick in a Game 7 against Colorado. That's exactly what he did and more for the Dallas Stars against his former team after being traded twice in a…
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