Edmonton Oilers left winger Zach Hyman of Toronto, Ont., scored his third career National Hockey League hat trick on Wednesday. He achieved this feat in the Oilers’ 6-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
Hyman gave the Oilers a 3-0 lead at 5:46 of the first period through Evan Bouchard of Oakville, Ont., and Mattias Janmark. He then gave the Oilers a 4-0 lead at 14:03 of the first period, ahead of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of Burnaby, British Columbia and Connor McDavid of Richmond Hill, Ontario. Then McDavid scored Hyman’s hat trick at 9:35 of the third period to seal the final point. Hyman’s previous hat tricks came on December 13, 2022 in the Oilers’ 6-3 win over the Nashville Predators and on November 11, 2023 in the Oilers’ 4-1 win against the Seattle Kraken.
There were three Canadians who scored for the Oilers on Wednesday. The others were Warren Foegele of Markham, Ontario, and Ryan McLeod of Mississauga, Ontario. Hyman was also one of four Oilers Canadians with a multi-point game. The others were McDavid (three assists), Foegele (one goal and one assist for two points) and Bouchard (two assists).
In the 2023-24 season, Hyman scored 15 goals and 11 assists for 26 points in 22 games. He is a +6 with 18 penalty minutes, six power play points, three game-winning goals, 78 shots on goal, three faceoff wins, 15 blocked shots, 20 hits, eight takeaways and five giveaways.
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