The leaders of the Finnish team that will participate in the 4 Nations Showdown must be rubbing their hands watching the success of Patrik Laine, and the Montreal Canadiens forward continues to achieve a lot.
His hat trick, Tuesday night in a one-sided duel against the Buffalo Sabres, was the 11e of his career. He thus entered the top 3 of all time among Finnish players.
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It is Wayne Gretzky’s great accomplice during the 1980s Jari Kurri who dominates this ranking with 23 hat-tricks in the regular season. Teemu Selanne follows closely with 22, including five in his exceptional first season in 1992-93, when he totaled 76 goals.
It was Laine’s first hat trick with the Canadian, he who has no less than six goals in seven games with the Habs. Not bad at all for a man who missed twenty games due to injury.
His best career streak, however, remains that of November 2018, when he rained caps three times with the Winnipeg Jets.
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