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Panthers Notch Natural Hat Tricks Across Three Straight Games
Florida tops Seattle 8-3 behind three goals each from Verhaeghe and Bennett to set an NHL first.
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Historic Run Continues
The Florida Panthers defeated the Seattle Kraken 8-3 on Saturday night. Carter Verhaeghe recorded a natural hat trick while Sam Bennett scored three goals for the first time this season. Those efforts helped Florida become the first team in NHL history to post natural hat tricks in three consecutive games. Brady Tkachuk had delivered the same feat in the prior two contests.
Scoring Breakdown
Bennett opened the scoring 1:05 into the game. Verhaeghe followed with his first two goals 1:11 apart late in the opening period before adding another with 13:58 remaining in the second. Niko Mikkola and Sam Reinhart also found the net for Florida. Matthew Tkachuk recorded three assists. Seattle received goals from Freddy Gaudreau, Shane Wright and Ryker Evans.
Broader Context
The four hat tricks posted by Florida this season all arrived across the last three games, matching the club's combined total from the previous three regular seasons. Only two other clubs in the last 30 years had achieved hat tricks of any kind in three straight games, with the 1992 Calgary Flames and 1982 Edmonton Oilers each stretching such runs to four games.
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