Mikko Rantanen tears through his former team with third-period hat trick; Stars oust Avalanche in Game 7
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Mikko Rantanen scores the first-ever hat trick in the third period of a
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Colorado took a 2-0 lead when Nathan MacKinnon made a short snap shot only 31 seconds into the third period. It was the first goal he has scored in five Game 7s, but all of those are losses.
Traded twice in a six-week period earlier this season, Rantanen scored five goals in the series against his former team.
Rantanen got Dallas's first goal with 12:11 left on a shot from above the middle of the circles. He tied the game at 2 with 6:14 left went he skated behind the net and took a wraparound shot that ricocheted off the skate of Avs defenseman Samuel Girard. Rantanen then sealed the win with an empty-netter with 3 seconds remaining.
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