Minnesota's Joel Eriksson Ek and San Jose's Macklin Celebrini traded hat tricks in one contest, and Toronto's Matthew Knies and Philadelphia's Tyson Foerster also had three-goal games. The four three-goal efforts in the first three games of the five-game schedule were the most in the NHL since five hat tricks on April 1,

The French soccer star Antoine Griezmann has scored five hat tricks in his career, but none are as special as the hat trick he has scored with his family.

Matthew Knies scored a game-winning goal in overtime to record his second hat trick of the season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Wednesday night. Toronto opened up a three-point lead on Tampa Bay for first place in the Atlantic Division with four games left for each team.

VfB Stuttgart striker Ermedin Demirovic scored his first Bundesliga hat-trick for his new Bundesliga club yesterday afternoon. With 13 league goals scored in the current campaign, the summer signing

Tage Thompson scored a pair of third-period goals to cap off his eighth-career hat trick as the Buffalo Sabres pulled away for a 6-3 win over the visiting Boston Bruins on Sunday night.

Pastrnak became the third Bruin to notch four straight 40-goal seasons, while Jeremy Swayman earned his 100th win.

Tage Thompson had a hat trick, Jason Zucker scored the go-ahead goal early in the the third period and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Sunday night fourth their fourth straight victor

The Leafs scored twice in the first four minutes and held on against a late Tampa Bay surge for an overtime win.

Sidney Crosby took part in another dueling hat tricks game with a Russian opponent 16 years after his memorable one in the playoffs against Alex Ovechkin.