6:03 pm | November 24, 2018 | Go to Source | Author:
ST. LOUIS — Patrik Laine scored five goals Saturday in the Winnipeg Jets‘ 8-4 victory at St. Louis, two short of a 97-year-old NHL record.
According to ESPN Stats & Information data, Laine, 20, is the first player with a five-goal game since Johan Franzen on Feb. 2, 2011. He also is the third player to score five goals in a game before turning 21, joining Wayne Gretzky (twice) and Don Murdoch.
Joe Malone, who played in the early days of the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens, scored seven goals in a game with the Quebec Bulldogs in January 1920. He also had a six-goal game and three five-goal games.
It was the 61st five-goal game in league history. Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs was the most recent player to score six goals in a game, on Feb. 7, 1976, against Boston.
Laine’s five-goal outburst gives him a league-leading 16 goals in 10 November games.
Laine scored his first goal 16 minutes, 26 seconds into the first period when he buried a feed from Bryan Little just 41 seconds after Blake Wheeler tied the game 1-all with his fourth goal of the season.
Laine’s second goal came on the power play, with Vladimir Tarasenko serving a two-minute penalty for roughing, and put Winnipeg up 3-2.
Laine completed his seventh career hat trick and third of November when he beat Johnson 12:53 into the third period.
Blues defenseman Joel Edmundson fought Tyler Myers shortly after Laine’s third goal, but that did nothing to change the tide as Laine netted his fourth goal later in the period.
Laine netted his fifth of the game when he pushed a feed from Little past Allen, becoming the 45th player in NHL history to record a five-goal game.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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