NHL Morning Skate for December 13th

* Scott Laughtonone of three players with a hat trick on Thursday, became the first Flyers skater in more than two decades to score four goals in a game.

* The Lightning and Penguins were two of three away teams to score seven or more goals. The only day in NHL history that more teams did this was March 18, 1989 (4).

* Nikita Kucherov scored six points in a game for the second time in his career and passed a former teammate to move up the franchise’s all-time assist list.

* Drake Batherson and the Senators (13-13-2, 28 points) meet Seth Jarvis and the Hurricanes (18-9-1, 37 points) during Friday’s only contest on NHL Network.

LAUGHTON LIGHTS THE LAMP FOUR TIMES, MEETS FLYERS RECORD

Scott Laughton (4-0-4) scored at even strength, on penalties and twice in an empty net to lead the Flyers (14-12-4, 32 points) to victory and become the first player in the NHL to capture a four- Points scored. Goal performance this season. Laughton scored one of three hat tricks on Thursday evening (also Bryan Rust & Jake Guentzel) to increase AstraZeneca’s donation to the V Foundation’s Hockey Fights Cancer Fund by $9,000.

* Laughton tied the franchise record for goals in a game and became the first Flyers player since then to record a four-goal performance John LeClair (4-0-4 on October 15, 2002).

* Laughton scored his second career hat trick (also 3-0-3 on February 7, 2021) and became the fifth active player with multiple goals for Philadelphia. The others: James van Riemsdyk (3), Sean Couturier (2), Travis Konecny (2) and Brayden Schenn (2).

TWO TEAMS WITH THE HIGHEST RATING FROM THURSDAY? LIGHTNING AND PENGUINS

The Lightning and Penguins scored eight and nine goals, respectively, making them the top two scoring teams on Thursday night.

* Nikita Kucherov (1-5-6) recorded his second six-point performance of his career, Jake Guentzel scored his sixth career hat trick and Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded its 306th win in its 500th game – already the most wins among any goaltender in as many competitions – and Tampa Bay tied for first in the league for the fourth time this season with eight goals. Guentzel, who will make his first appearance for the USA at the 4 Nations Face-Off in February, only runs on trails Austin Matthews (13), Patrick Kane (9), Max Pacioretty (7) and Cam Atkinson (7) for most hat tricks among active American players.

* Kucherov tied the franchise record for most points and assists in a game while becoming the only player in Lightning history to record multiple six-point contests. Kucherov recorded and surpassed his 583rd career assist Steven Stamkos for the third-most in franchise history.

* Bryan Rust (3-1-4) scored his sixth career hat trick – the most by a Penguins player since his debut in 2014-15 – and Sidney Crosby (0-3-3) climbed three spots on the all-time list, becoming the first team this season to score nine goals in a game. The Penguins scored six goals in the third period for the sixth time in franchise history (also seven on November 22, 1972, six on November 27, 2019, December 26, 1991, January 28, 1989 and April 5, 1978). ) and was also the first team to achieve this this season.

* Crosby recorded his 1,024th, 1,025th. and 1,026. Career assist and passed Gordie Howe (1,023) for the fifth-most possessions by a single franchise in NHL history. Crosby also secured his 477th multi-point effort, tying the score Steve Yzerman for seventh place on the all-time list.

CELEBRINI COLLECTS THREE POINTS IN 20TH CAREER GAME

Macklin Celebrini scored two goals and collected one assist to increase his career record to 10-9-19 (20 GP) and move into second place in rookie goals and rushing than the Sharks (11-16-5, 27 points ) defeated the Blues on Thursday.

* Celebrini became the seventh 18-year-old in NHL history to score ten goals in the first 20 games of his career Steve Yzerman (13 in 1983-84), Patrick Laine (12 in 2016–17), Dale Hawerchuk (12 in 1981-82), Ted Kennedy (11 from 1942-43 – 1943-44), Connor Bedard (10 in 2023-24) and Paul Gagne (10 in 1980-81). He also became the third-fastest player in Sharks history to reach just 10 NHL goals Rob Gaudreau (10 GP) and Tomas Hertl (17GP).

AMERICAN PLAYERS WILL FIND THE RESULTSHEET ON THURSDAY

On Thursday, several American players met, including Max Pacioretty, Jack Hughes And Zach Werenski – The latter two will represent their country at the 4 Nations Face-Off in February:

* Pacioretty (2-1-3) recorded and surpassed his 61st career multi-goal game in the Maple Leafs’ (18-9-2, 38 points) win over the Ducks Patrick Kane for the 10th-most in NHL history among U.S.-born players – he also came within three of Bill Guerin (64 GP) for ninth place. Pat LaFontaine tops the list with 96.

* Hughes (1-2-3) had a hand in all three of New Jersey’s goals, helping the Devils (19-10-3, 41 points) end the Kings’ winning streak. Hughes made his 34th career three-point game, passing LaFontaine (33) for the fourth-most points in NHL history among American players age 23 or younger Jeremy Roenick (49), Jimmy Carson (43) and Mike Modano (41).

* Werenski scored his 10th goal of the season – the most by any blueliner – and the 100th of his career, becoming the first defenseman and eighth skater to reach the milestone with the Blue Jackets. In doing so, Werenski (29 GP) set a new benchmark for the fastest Blue Jackets blueliner with 30 points in a season, a distinction he already held (40 GP in the 2023-24 season).

AROUND THE ICE AREAS FEATURED IN #NHLSTATS: LIVE UPDATES

The latest edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates highlighted a number of notable local performances during Thursday’s 14 games:

* Aliaksei Protas scored both the tying goal and the game-winner in overtime, helping Washington (20-6-2, 42 points) to its 20th win of the season, the fewest games in franchise history to reach that mark (also 28th). GP in 2015-16 and 1991). -92). The Capitals extended their road winning streak to 10 games, making it the seventh-longest in NHL history behind the 2005-06 Red Wings (12 GP), 2014-15 Wild (12 GP), 2022-23 Devils (11 GP) and 2022-23 Avalanche (11 GP), 2023-24 Kings (11 GP) and 2023-24 Panthers (11 GP).

* Victor Olofsson scored with 1:49 left to tie the game at 2-2 and Ivan Barbashev scored in the extra frame to help the Golden Knights (19-7-3, 41 points) extend their lead atop the Pacific Division. Vegas earned its 49th overtime victory since joining the league in 2017-18, passing Tampa Bay and Columbus for the fourth-most of any team during that period. The only teams with more are Boston (53), Pittsburgh (51) and St. Louis (50).

* Connor Bedard (1-2-3) made his third three-point game of the season and the seventh of his career – only five active players scored more as teenagers: Sidney Crosby (26), Connor McDavid (10), Patrick Kane (10), Patrick Laine (9) and Jeff Skinner (8).

* Leon Draisaitl (1-3-4) accounted for four of the Oilers’ season-high seven goals (tie) to record his 27th career four-point game and tie Mark Messier for fourth place on the franchise’s all-time list. Draisaitl and Connor McDavid Both scored the same goal for the 458th time and passed Rod Gilbert And Jean Ratelle (457x) for the seventh-highest total by two teammates in NHL history.

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Senators and Hurricanes take the spotlight on Friday

All eyes will be on an NHL Network broadcast Drake Batherson and the Senators (13-13-2, 28 points), who face each other Seth Jarvis and the Hurricanes (18-9-1, 37 points). Batherson, who scored a hat trick in his final game on Wednesday, could become the third Senators player in five seasons to record back-to-back multi-goal games (Brady Tkachuk in 2023–24 & Anthony Duclair in 2019–20) – no Ottawa skater has ever recorded hat tricks in consecutive competitions. Jarvis, meanwhile, was the youngest player named to Canada’s 4-Nation Face-Off squad and will represent his country at a major international tournament for the first time – he has yet to compete in the U18 World Cup, the Junior World Cup and the World Championship or Olympics.