If a hattrick is netted Cory Littleton Jersey but no hats are thrown, does it still count?
If you asked Andrei Svechnikov, he’d definitely say yes.
The young Ru sian star’s first career hat trick came at the perfect time,propellinghis Hurricanes to a 4-1 win anda 2-0 lead in their best-of-fivequalifying-roundseriesagainst the Rangers.
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Svechnikov opened the scoring le s than five minutes into the game as he fired the shot past veteran netminder Dante Fowler Jr Jersey Henrik Lundqvist from the left circle. In the second he sent a one-timer into the back of the net on the power play and capped off the hat-trick in the third off a nifty backhanded pa s from fellow youngster Sebastian Aho.
Sadly, no caps were thrown despite it being a Carolina “home” gameto celebrate his achievement, as nofans were in attendance..
With his trio of goals in Monday’s matinee, the 20-year-old became the first to do so in Carolina franchise Matthew Stafford Jersey history. He also joined a list of just eight players including Wayne Gretzky and Patrick Kane to score a playoff hat trick before age 21. He also joined nine other players in having multiple two-plus-goal games in the postseason before his 21st birthday.
The second-overall pick in the 2018 draft, Svechnikov collected 61 points in 68 games before the season was paused. And, while it may seem like 100 years ago, Blake Bortles Jersey he had two of the prettiest goals of the season when he scored not one, but two lacro se-style goals.