Mikko Rantanen needed 80 games to reach 100 points, tying Glenn Anderson for eighth place for fewest games to record over 100 points in NHL history. Wayne Gretzky (46 GP), Mario Lemieux (50 GP), Jari Kurri (67 GP), Mike Bossy (74 GP), Sidney Crosby (75 GP), Nathan MacKinnon (77 GP) and Denis Savard (78 GP) are the only NHL players reach the 80 point mark faster.
Lehkonen recorded 1g/1a. He totaled 11 points (6g/5a) in the playoffs to become the fifth Avalanche skater to reach that mark, tying Edmonton and the New York Rangers for double-digit scorers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs 2024. Lehkonen’s goal came 0.6 seconds into the first period. This is the second postseason tally in franchise history; Nazem Kadri found the back of the net with 0.1 seconds left in the third period on August 2, 2020, against St. Louis.
Jonathan Drouin had an assist on Makar’s goal and found the scoresheet in the two playoff games since his return to the lineup (0g/2a).
PATH TO THE PLAYOFFS: RESULTS OF THE 1ST ROUND
The Avalanche defeated the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, 4-1.
- April 21 in Winnipeg; L 7-6
- April 23 in Winnipeg; V 5-2
- April 26 vs. Winnipeg; V 6-2
- April 28 vs. Winnipeg; V 5-1
- April 30 in Winnipeg; V 6-3
POST-SEASON LEADERS
9
Mittelstadt (3g/6a) and Rantanen (3g/7a) are tied for the fourth-most equal strength points in the league this postseason with nine each.
5
Makar is tied with Heiskanen for the most goals scored by a defenseman in these playoffs with five.
40
MacKinnon ranks sixth among all skaters in the playoffs with 40 shots on goal.
QUOTE THAT LEFT A MARK
“We got cleaner entrances. I had to do a better job creating cleaner entries for the boys and I had a few good ones. You have Cale (Makar) at the top with time and great screens, that’s what makes him successful. Pretty simple hockey and obviously Lehky (Lehkonen) found a pocket and it was a great shot there too.
– MacKinnon on power play success
