The previous record was 29 in December 1985.
New York Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad was the only player among the 30 hat tricks to do it twice.
Every player who scored a hat trick in January included the following:
Travis Konecny (Philadelphia Flyers)
Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres)
Mattias Ekholm (Edmonton Oilers)
Mikael Granlund (Anaheim Ducks)
Beckett Sennecke (Anaheim Ducks)
Brock Nelson (Colorado Avalanche)
Evan Bouchard (Edmonton Oilers)
Mason Marchment (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Cole Caufield (Montreal Canadiens)
Owen Tippett (Philadelphia Flyers)
Steven Stamkos (Nashville Predators)
Marcus Foligno (Minnesota Wild)
Andrei Svechnikov (Carolina Hurricanes)
Mika Zibanejad x2 (New York Rangers)
Ryan O'Reilly (Nashville Predators)
Nikolaj Ehlers (Carolina Hurricanes)
Tage Thompson (Buffalo Sabres)
Marat Khusnutdinov (Boston Bruins)
Alexandre Texier (Montreal Canadiens)
Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
Anthony Duclair (New York Islanders)
Justin Sourdif (Washington Capitals)
Tyler Bertuzzi (Chicago Blackhawks)
Pavol Regenda (San Jose Sharks)
Darren Raddysh (Tampa Bay Lightning)