Potential Rangers dradt pick Kaapo Kakko scored on a breakaway against Canada in the first period of the first game of the World Hockey Championships against Matt Murray.
SCORES! Kaapa Kakko opens the scoring for Finland by beating Matt Murray on a breakaway. #IIHFWorlds
pic.twitter.com/a2FUaVOHMP — TSN (@TSN_Sports) May 10, 2019
Dave Reid said on TSN before the game that Kaako will be relied on by Finland and that he is a “big strong winger that can put points on the board.”
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Kakko added an empty-net goal to make it 3-1 Finland and he was named Finland’s Player of the Game.
Kakko has six shots and played 15:13 in the win over Canada.
Darren Dreger said of Kakko, “he wasn’t intimidated at all, he played like an NHL star and such a high level of confidence.”