Latest Mikko Rantanen News
Just called up from minors, Tufte scores go-ahead goal in 3rd to help Avalanche beat Canucks 5-2
DENVER (AP) — Riley Tufte, called up from the minors earlier in the day, scored the go-ahead goal 24 seconds into the third period and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Wednesday night. Cale Makar added a goal later in the third on a breakaway, and Mikko...
Rantanen scores tiebreaker as Avalanche erase 3-goal deficit in 6-3 win over Stars
DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Colorado Avalanche erased a three-goal deficit in a 6-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night. Colorado’s Cale Makar became the fastest defenseman in NHL history to reach 200 career...
Rantanen, Colton score 2 minutes apart in second period as Avalanche beat Kraken 5-1
SEATTLE (AP) — Mikko Rantanen and Ross Colton scored two minutes apart midway through the second period and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Monday night. Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin, and Valerie Nichuskin also scored for the Avalanche. Nathan MacKinnon had...
Schenn, Buchnevich score 3 goals each as Blues beat Avalanche 8-2
DENVER (AP) — Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich each scored three goals and the St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-2 on Saturday night. Alexey Toropchenko and Torey Krug also scored for the Blues, and Jordan Binnington stopped 36 shots as St. Louis evened a loss to...
Ryan Johansen scores go-ahead goal late, Colorado beats New Jersey 6-3 to shake off offensive slump
DENVER (AP) — Ryan Johansen scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche broke out of an offensive slump with a 6-3 win over the short-handed New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night. The Avalanche also got two goals from Mikko Rantanen, including an...
Prosvetov makes 28 saves and Rantanen has goal and assist as Avalanche beat Blues 4-1
DENVER (AP) — Ivan Prosvetov made 28 saves in his first start for Colorado, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, and the Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Wednesday night. Ross Colton, Artturi Lehkonen and Bowen Byram also had goals, and Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon...
Rantanen has goal, 3 assists as Avalanche beat Islanders 7-4 for record 15th straight road win
NEW YORK (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and had three assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Islanders 7-4 on Tuesday night for their NHL-record 15th straight road win. Ryan Johansen scored twice, Cale Makar had a goal and an...
O'Connor scores another short-handed goal, Avalanche beat Hurricanes 6-4
DENVER (AP) — Logan O’Connor scored short-handed for the third straight game, one of five Colorado goals in the second period, Arturri Lehkonen had a goal and two assists, and the Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 on Saturday night. Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Ryan...
Avalanche use big 2nd period, rally for 4-1 win over winless Kraken
SEATTLE (AP) — All that was missing from the busy night for Colorado's Logan O'Connor's was an assist. He got the fight out the way almost immediately before adding what proved to be the deciding goal. “I feel like he plays like that all the time. He's going to play as hard as...
Avalanche beat Sharks 2-1 in shootout to spoil 51-save performance by Mackenzie Blackwood
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cale Makar scored a late tying goal, and the Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose 2-1 in a shootout on the road on Saturday night to spoil a 51-save performance by Sharks goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood. The Avalanche scored with just over a minute left in...
