DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen’s NHL playoffs-record streak of consecutive goals involved in ended at 13 for the Dallas Stars, a run he had extended Sunday before they scored another goal when he was on the ice but didn’t get a point.
had the primary assist on a power-play goal by Roope Hintz only 2:27 in Game 3 of the Stars’ second-round series against the Winnipeg Jets.
When Dallas scored again late in the first period for a 2-1 lead, Rantanen was on the ice for defenseman Thomas Harley’s goal. But the assists went to Mikael Granlund and Sam Steel.
The scoring streak by Rantanan included back-to-back games when he had four-point periods in the first round , his former team. He was the first player to ever do that, in the playoffs or the regular season.
Rantanen began his scoring run with an assist on a Hintz goal late in a 6-2 win in Game 5 against Colorado. Rantanen and Hintz both had points on all four goals the Stars scored in the second period of a 7-4 loss to the Avalanche in Game 6, before Rantanen had a hat trick in the third as part of another four-point period as Dallas advanced with a 4-2 win in Game 7.
He added a natural hat trick in the second period of Game 1 against the Jets to open this series with a 3-2 win, becoming only the third person in NHL history to score hat tricks in consecutive playoff games.
Dallas lost 4-0 in Game 2 against the Jets.
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