Carolina’s offense as of late had been stumbling and had not been able to find twine given its issues. Naturally, the guy with one of the worst shooting percentages in the NHL bailed the team out by tallying his first hat trick since 2008 and he got the first hat trick of the Canes’ season and his first hat trick as a Carolina Hurricane as Jordan Staal inspires the Canes through the Ducks.
Carolina’s captain would grab his first hat trick as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes organization as he willed the team past the Anaheim Ducks.