The NHL playoffs are off to a heavy-hitting start. Teams are laying nearly 80 hits a game early in the first round after the ...

A still-getting-his-feet-beneath-him Rantanen is still a really good Rantanen. But really good isn’t good enough against the revamped Avs.

Dallas Stars right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) tries to set up a play as Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar (8) trials behind during the first period of Game 1 of an opening round playoff game ...

DENVER --Mikko Rantanen has not looked like himself through ... Entering this season, he was tied with Mark Messier for sixth in NHL history among those who had played at least 74 games.

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs didn’t go to plan for the Dallas Stars, falling 5-1 to the Colorado Avalanche, and it wasn’t a game Stars defenseman Mikko Rantanen will remember fondly ...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Mikko Rantanen was at ease Friday when talking ... Blackwood since has posted a 22-12-3 mark with a 2.33 GAA and .913 save percentage. The home team won all three meetings ...

It will be the first where Mikko Rantanen is one of the bad guys. “Yeah,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said matter-of-factly when asked if facing Rantanen in the playoffs will be surreal.

Texas – Mikko Rantanen was at ease Friday when talking about the excitement of starting the playoffs, which the standout forward experienced with the Colorado Avalanche each of the past seven ...