HELSINKI — Finland captain Mikko Rantanen — the Colorado Avalanche’s first-round pick in the 2015 NHL draft — Patrik Laine and Sebastian Aho scored in the third period and staged a late 4-3 comeback win against Russia in the gold medal game of the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday. Kaapo Kahkonen made 22 saves.
Andrei Svetlakov scored twice for Russia, while Vladislav Kamenev also scored. Alexander Georgiev stopped 25 shots.
Kapanen deked around two defenders, skated around the back of Russia’s goal and threw the puck into a wide-open net as Georgiev failed to dive back into position.
Svetlakov’s second goal of the game came with just six seconds left in the third after Georgiev was pulled for an extra attacker.
It was Finland’s fourth world junior title and second in the past three years.
