Boston Bruins: Ranking David Pastrnak’s career hat-tricks
By Luke Ryan
November 13, 2018 versus Detroit Red Wings
This comes in as a higher-ranked hat-trick, not because of the opposition; in fact, using that as the rule, you’d rank the Toronto hat-trick above this. However, what makes this one stand out that little more is the fact is was David Pastrnak’s second hat-trick in 4 days!
Goal number one in this one was a beauty with Pastrnak taking control of the puck in his own zone, beating Dylan Larkin and freezing the rest of their defense before putting the puck in the top-right corner on Jonathan’s Bernier’s glove-side.
Number two is the exact power-play setup we’ve seen time and again with David Pastrnak; the puck is played around the zone before finding it’s way to the Czech winger playing his off-side, who is able to blast it home, top-right.
This one was an extra special power-play goal for Pastrnak though, marking his 100th career NHL goal.
Capping this hat-trick was a breakaway chance with David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand creating a two-on-one opportunity. Playing a perfectly-timed one-two pass, they managed to shift the goalie off-balance enough for goal number three for Pastrnak to slide by Bernier’s left-hand pad.
The Boston Bruins eventually took the game 8-2, so safe to say it wasn’t the best night for the Red Wings, but Pastrnak wasn’t complaining! Career goals 99, 100 and 101; a hat-trick on a night and first star for the game. All in a day’s work!