Most Hat Methods in Pittsburgh Penguins Historical past

In solely 9 intervals of pre-season hockey, the Pittsburgh Penguins have registered two hat tips up to now in 2024-25. First was Jesse Puljujarvi and, most lately, Evgeni Malkin.

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In response to Hockey Reference, the Penguins have collected 230 hat tips within the common season and 18 extra within the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Though the reply to who owns the file for many hat tips in franchise historical past is kind of apparent, who’re the opposite gamers nonetheless chasing Mario Lemieux’s mark of 40 hat tips?

This is a take a look at the highest 5 hat trick collectors in Pittsburgh.

Jaromir Jagr – 9

• First: Feb. 2, 1991

• Final: Mar. 10, 2001

Jaromir Jagr is certainly one of three gamers on this checklist who’re nonetheless actively taking part in skilled hockey. At 53, he is skating in Czechia and is 33 years faraway from scoring his first hat trick within the NHL on Feb. 2, 1991, towards the Boston Bruins.

With 766 profession targets, Jagr ranks fourth all-time, and his 15 common season hat tips rank thirty eighth. Sixty-two p.c of his three-goal video games got here in a Penguins uniform, together with his solely playoff hat trick towards the New York Rangers on Might 11, 1996.

Kevin Stevens – 10

• First: Oct. 31, 1989

• Final: Jan. 11, 1994

Kevin Stevens was a two-time 50-goal scorer with the Penguins, profitable the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992. He recorded 12 hat tips in his profession, together with one playoff three-goal sport towards the Bruins on Might 21, 1992.

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His first hat trick got here on Halloween in 1989 towards the Los Angeles Kings, whereas his remaining one in a Pittsburgh uniform got here on Jan. 11, 1994 towards the Bruins. As a member of the Rangers, his final profession hat trick occurred on Nov. 10, 1998.

Evgeni Malkin – 13

• First: Jan. 3, 2008

• Newest: Mar. 27, 2022

Sadly, pre-season hat tips don’t depend towards a participant’s profession totals like shootout targets. Thus, Malkin nonetheless has 498 targets and is tied along with his long-time captain, Sidney Crosby, with 13 three-goal video games.

As a 21-year-old, Malkin netted his first hat trick towards the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jan. 3, 2008, and tallied his most up-to-date one on Mar. 27, 2023, towards the Detroit Crimson Wings.

Along with 13 regular-season hat tips, Malkin has two within the playoffs, coming in 2009 (vs. Carolina) and 2014 (vs. Columbus). He’s certainly one of three gamers with multiple hat trick within the postseason in crew historical past.

Sidney Crosby – 13

• First: Oct. 28, 2006

• Newest: Nov. 14, 2023

Crosby enters the 2024-25 season with 592 targets and is a lock to succeed in 600, turning into solely the second participant to succeed in the milestone in a Penguins sweater.

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He’s tied with Malkin for the second most hat tips with 13 however holds a slight lead in general hat tips with three playoff three-goal video games on his resume.

Sid the Child’s first hat trick got here towards the Philadelphia Flyers on Oct. 28, 2006; his most up-to-date two got here towards Columbus in 2022 and 2023. Within the postseason, Crosby has recorded three-goal video games towards Washington (2009), Ottawa (2013), and Philadelphia (2018).

Mario Lemieux – 40

• First: Dec. 31, 1985

• Final: Jan. 24, 2001

Lemieux’s first hat trick got here on New Yr’s Eve in 1985 and was the Penguins’ fifty fifth hat trick. By the point he recorded his final three-goal sport on Jan. 24, 2001, it was the franchise’s 158th hat trick—his general whole accounts for 38.8% of the crew’s hat tips from 1985 to 2001.

As of 2024, Lemieux stays the one skater to file 5 targets in a single sport, reaching the feat on 4 events, together with as soon as within the playoffs. Along with 40 hat tips, he owns the franchise with ten four-goal video games, not together with these five-goal contests.

Like Crosby, Lemieux had three postseason hat tips towards Philadelphia (1989), Washington (1992), and the New York Rangers (1996). His 40 and 43 hat trick information stay among the many hardest to interrupt, as he ranks second to Wayne Gretzky in NHL historical past, who had 50.

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