Ducks rally to end Golden Knights' point streak

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Today’s Lineup:

• Anaheim Ducks rally to end Golden Knights’ point streak

• Vitek Vanecek backstops Devils over Blackhawks

• Auston Matthews on pace for 22 hat tricks this season

• And a lot more… 👇

🦆 Anaheim Ducks rally with four goals in 3rd, win 4-2 to end Golden Knights’ 12-game point streak. The Ducks entered the 3rd period down 2-0 but not defeated as Adam Henrique scored just 98 seconds into the final frame before Sam Carrick tied the game just over nine minutes later and Mason McTavish scored the go-ahead and eventual game-winner with 3:40 remaining in regulation. Sam Carrick added an empty netter to seal the Ducks’ 6th win in a row. Read more →

👹 Vitek Vanecek makes 32 saves, Devils beat Blackhawks 4-2 for 6th win in eight games. The 27-year-old netminder was sensational all night, including an absurd diving save on the Hawks’ Tyler Johnson to preserve the Devils’ 2-1 lead late in the 1st, earning a .941 save percentage. Dawson Mercer and Max Willman both scored their first goals of the season in the 1st before Curtis Lazar scored the game-winner just over four minutes into the 3rd and Michael McLeod added an empty-netter as the Devils earned their 1st win with their leading-scorer Jack Hughes out of the lineup. Read more →

🤯 Auston Matthews is on pace for 22 hat tricks and 82 goals this season. The 26-year-old sniper recorded his third hat trick in just his 11th game of the season Saturday night in a 6-4 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. Thanks to his hot start, Matthews leads the entire NHL with 11 goals with four players (Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Vatrano, & Konecny) tied for 2nd with 9 thus far this season. Matthews is chasing his 3rd Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy, having won it back-to-back in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.

The NHL’s all-time single season hat trick record is 10, achieved twice by the same player. Who is the NHL’s single season hat trick record holder?

• Great drill to work on gaining body position and protecting yourself in order to gain puck possession when racing for a loose puck on the wall

• 3 off ice exercises to improve your speed and skating stride from strength coach Tony Greco

No surprise at all: Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL’s single-season hat trick record having collected 10 hat tricks in the 1981-82 and 1983-84 seasons.