NHL roundup: Brock Nelson, Beckett Sennecke keep league's hat trick streak going

Avalanche forward Brock Nelson shoots the puck
Avalanche forward Brock Nelson shoots the puckVaughn Ridley/Getty Images

Colorado Avalanche forward Brock Nelson scored his fifth career hat trick in the team's win over the Toronto Maple Leafs during the NHL's six-game slate on Sunday.

Avalanche 4-1 Maple Leafs

Brock Nelson is now 10 goals away from tying his single-season high of 37. 

He scored his first two goals in the first period within 1:12 of each other to put the Avs up 2-0. After teammate Jack Drury (8) put them up 3-0 in the second, Nelson would score his third and final one with an empty-netter. 

Max Domi (7) scored on the power play for Toronto with almost a minute left in the game, but it wasn't enough as the Leafs fell to 24-19-9. 

The Avs continue to sit atop the NHL as they improved to 35-6-9. They are the only team in the NHL with fewer than 13 losses in regulation. 

Kraken 4-2 Devils

Seattle's Jordan Eberle (18) and New Jersey's Jack Hughes (12) both had a goal and an assist as the Kraken ended the Devils' three-game win streak. 

The Kraken improved to 23-19-9, sitting alongside the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks for the second Wild Card spot as all three have 55 points on the year. 

New Jersey fell to 27-23-2 and sit at seventh in the Eastern Conference.

Senators 7-1 Golden Knights

Five players on the Senators finished the game with at least two points. Brady Tkachuk (three assists) and Stephen Halliday (two goals, one assist) led the way with three points each. 

Dylan Cozens (17) also scored a pair of goals for his second multi-goal game of the season, helping the Senators improve to 24-21-7. 

Rasmus Andersson (11) scored the lone goal for a Knights team that fell to 25-14-12. 

Panthers 5-1 Blackhawks

Florida's Tobias Bjornfot scored twice for the Panthers. The two goals marked three for his entire nine-year career and his first goals since he scored one during the 2020-2021 season. 

The assist on his first one came from Cole Schwindt, who earned his first assist of the season and the eighth of his career. 

After Chicago's Tyler Bertuzzi scored his 25th goal of the season to tie it up 1-1 in the second, the Panthers proceeded to score four goals in the third period as they improved to 28-20-3. 

Chicago fell to 21-23-8.

Penguins 3-2 Canucks

Three straight goals from the Penguins, two of them from Ben Kindel (10), were all that was needed for the Penguins to hold off a third period rally from the Canucks.

Jake DeBrusk (13) and Teddy Blueger (3) both scored for Vancouver in the third, but it wasn't enough as the team fell to an NHL-worst 17-30-5.

Pittsburgh extended their win streak to four games as they improved to 26-14-11. 

Ducks 4-3 Flames

In a thriller to end the night, the Flames started off with a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Jonathan Huberdeau (9) and Hunter Brzustewicz (1).

The Ducks rallied to tie it 2-2 thanks to a pair of goals from Beckett Sennecke in the second period. 

Matt Coronato (14) would reclaim the lead for the Flames five minutes into the third period, but Chris Kreider (17) tied it all up for the Ducks again, 3-3, sending it to overtime.

Sennecke would complete his first-ever hat trick to give the Ducks the win as they improved to 28-21-3, extending their win streak to seven games. 

Calgary fell to 21-25-6. 

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