St. Louis Blues center Jordan Kyrou of Toronto, Ontario, scored his third National Hockey League hat trick of his career. He achieved this with a 5-2 victory for the Blues over the New York Rangers at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Kyrou tied the game at 4:02 of the first period through Robert Thomas of Aurora, Ont., and Pavel Buchnevich. Then he scored again at 7:30 of the first period through Thomas and Buchnevich. This time it came down to the power play and gave the Blues a 2-1 lead. Kyrou then gave the Blues a 4-1 lead through Nick Leddy at 7:01 of the third period.
The Blues had two Canadians with a multi-point game. In addition to Kyrou, who scored three times, Thomas had two assists.
Kyrou’s first NHL hat trick came on December 19, 2022 in the Blues’ 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Kyrou’s second NHL hat trick came on March 11, 2023 in the Blues’ 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
During the 2023-24 season, Kyrou recorded 12 goals and 18 assists for 30 points in 40 games. He is a -2 with 10 penalty minutes, seven power play points, 141 shots on goal, two faceoff wins, 18 blocked shots, 12 hits, 23 takeaways and 26 giveaways. The two faceoff victories came as Blues victories. The first was a 4-2 St. Louis victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 21st and the second was a 3-0 St. Louis victory over the Calgary Flames on October 26th.
With the win, the Blues improve to a record of 21 wins, 18 regulation losses and one overtime loss, for 43 points. They are two points behind the Nashville Predators for a playoff spot.
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