Mark Scheifele of Kitchener, Ont., scored his eighth National Hockey League hat trick on Tuesday. He achieved this feat in the Winnipeg Jets’ 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Scheifele scored the first goal at 4:04 of the second period through Alex Iafallo and Nate Schmidt. He then gave the Jets a 3-1 lead with an unassisted marker with two minutes and five seconds left in the third period. Scheifele then scored on an all-Canadian goal with nine seconds left in the third period on an empty net from Josh Morrissey of Calgary, Alberta and Sean Monahan of Brampton, Ontario.
In 61 games this season, Scheifele scored 22 goals and 40 assists for 62 points. He is a +24 with 34 penalty minutes, 16 power play points, four game-winning goals, 134 shots on goal, 519 faceoff wins, 34 takeaways, 56 hits, 39 takeaways and 21 giveaways.
Scheifele scored all eight hat tricks for the Jets. He also scored three goals in the Jets’ 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on March 5, 2016, in the Jets’ 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars on November 2, 2017 and in the Jets’ 5-1 win against the Ottawa Senators on February 20, 2020, in an 8-4 Jets victory over the New Jersey Devils, on December 3, 2021, in a 6-3 Jets victory over the Minnesota Wild, on February 16, 2022, in a 6-5 Jets loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on December 13, 2022 and in a 4-2 Jets victory over the Vancouver Canucks on December 29, 2022.
With the win, the Jets improved to a record of 44 wins, 19 regulation losses and five overtime losses, for 93 points. They are tied for first place in the Central Division with the Colorado Avalanche.
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