Brady Tkachuk has put himself in rare NHL company, scoring natural hat tricks in consecutive games. The Ottawa Senators captain is only the third player in League history to deliver that feat and the first in nearly four decades.
Quick facts
- Tkachuk recorded natural hat tricks in back-to-back games.
- A natural hat trick consists of three straight goals by one player with no goal from either club in between.
- He is the third NHL player ever to accomplish the back-to-back natural-hat-trick double.
- No player had done it in almost 40 years.
The run is a remarkable scoring burst even in a league built on streaks. Tkachuk did not simply finish two three-goal nights; he scored three unanswered goals in each game, turning both outings into individual takeovers.
Only two NHL players had previously produced natural hat tricks in consecutive games. Tkachuk now joins that small historical group while becoming the first player to reach it in nearly 40 years.
For Ottawa, the captain’s finishing stretch is the kind of heater that changes a bench’s mood in a hurry. Tkachuk’s game is usually measured in forechecking pressure, net-front battles and physical shifts, but this two-game scoring run has added a rare entry to the League record book.
