Avalanche slip past Blues, thanks to Rantanen’s hat trick

Mikko Rantanen scored three goals to lead the surging Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

Rantanen scored a goal in each period for his seventh career hat trick and first since April 6, 2023, at San Jose. He had 37 goals this season and 14 points in his last six games.

Casey Mittelstadt also scored for the Avalanche, who won four straight on their current road trip and their seventh straight overall. Colorado has outscored its opponents 31-13 during the streak. Colorado’s win streak is the longest active run in the NHL. Justus Annunen made 30 saves.

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Connor McDavid scored and set up Leon Draisaitl’s gamewinning power-play goal at 3:18 of overtime to lead Edmonton over visiting Montreal. Adam Henrique also scored and Mattias Edholm added two assists as the Oilers won for the eighth times in 11 games (8-1-2).

Michael McCarron scored two goals, Roman Josi and Filip Forsberg each had a goal and two assists and Nashville extended its point streak to a franchise record-tying 15 games. Jason Zucker, Luke Evangelista, Mark Jankowski and Tommy Novak also scored and Juuse Saros made 18 saves for host Nashville, which is 13-0-2 over its last 15 games.

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Patrick Kane scored 48 seconds into overtime as Detroit rallied at home to beat Columbus. Kane scored from the left circle after Lucas Raymond tied the score with his second goal with 12.6 seconds remaining in regulation.

Jake Allen made 36 saves, and Timo Meier and Dawson Mercer each scored twice to lead the New Jersey to a 5-2 victory over visiting Pittsburgh. New Jersey won for the third time in eight games under interim coach Travis Green. Pittsburgh lost for the ninth time in 12 games and for the 11th time in 13 road games.

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Owen Tippett scored 19 seconds into the game and added an assist, and Morgan Frost had a goal and an assist as Philadelphia beat visiting Toronto. Travis Sanheim and Scott Laughton also scored for the Flyers, who played without captain Sean Couturier, who was a healthy scratch for the first time in his 13-year career.

Mark Scheifele scored three goals, Connor Hellebuyck made 37 saves and Winnipeg won at New York. The Jets have won three straight and four of their last five.

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David Pastrnak scored two goals less than three minutes apart in the first period and then completed his hat trick in the third to lead Boston past visiting Ottawa.

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Seth Jarvis scored twice and Carolina raced to a three-goal lead in the first period on the way to a 4-1 win at New York.