Only four times in NHL history has a rookie scored a hat trick

Only four times in NHL history has a rookie scored a hat trick

Thorburn in a sidney crosby jersey pulled Atlanta within 4-3 at 7:41 of the third. Stamkos responded with a nifty redirection from the low slot to put the Lightning back up by two with 9:01 to play. After Downie scored a power-play goal at 5:23 of the first, Moore put the Lightning ahead 2-0 with 11:39 left in the period. The Thrashers cut the deficit to 4-2 late in the second. Atlanta goalie Ondrej Pavelec, diagnosed with a concussion, remained hospitalized Saturday. Ethan Moreau in evgeni malkin jersey scored at 1:56 of overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a victory over the San Jose Sharks and a split of the two-game series in Sweden.

Mike Cammalleri and Scott Gomez wearing mario lemieux jersey scored in a 24-second span over the final 2:12 and Montreal rallied for a win over Pittsburgh, keeping the Penguins winless through two games at the new Consol Energy Center. Cammalleri's second goal of the game was scored when he deflected Josh Gorges' shot from the right-wing boards, getting it past Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Gomez scored on the next shift. Evgeni Malkin and Mark Letestu had goals for the Penguins, who were beaten at home by Philadelphia on Thursday. Cammalleri also scored in the first period for the Canadiens, who played their first game in andre fleury jersey since eliminating the Penguins in the second round of last season's playoffs.

Stamkos in a vincent lecavalier jersey added an assist as the Lightning helped give new head coach Guy Boucher his first win behind the bench. He also added an assist for a three-point night. Radim Vrbata scored twice and Ilya Bryzgalov made 40 saves as the Phoenix Coyotes opened their season in Prague with a 5-2 win over the Boston Bruins. Nathan Horton scored twice in his debut for Boston. Letestu wearing phil kessel jersey scored with 11:18 to play, taking a pass from Matt Cooke while they were skating fast down the left wing, accepting the puck while in the faceoff circle and shoveling a shot that beat Price through the five-hole.

The Capitals scored in a variety of ways: even strength, short-handed, on the power play and with a penalty shot. Jason Arnott and Henrik Tallinder had goals for the Devils, 0-1-1 under first-year coach John MacLean wearing dion phaneuf jersey. Brodeur stopped only 15 of 20 shots before being pulled after two periods. Ethan Moreau scored at 1:56 of overtime to give Columbus a victory over San Jose and a split of the two-game series in Sweden. Kristian Huselius and Rick Nash also scored and Steve Mason made 33 saves for Columbus. Joe Thornton and Devin Setoguchi had goals for San Jose. The Sharks beat the Blue Jackets 3-2 on Friday night. Radim Vrbata in a mats sundin jersey scored twice and added an assist to lead Phoenix past Boston in their NHL season-opening game in the Czech capital. Nathan Horton scored twice for Boston in the third period.

Stamkos scores twice in opener. Steven Stamkos wearing alex ovechkin jersey had two goals and an assist to help new Tampa Bay coach Guy Boucher win his NHL debut in the Lightning's 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night. Steve Downie, Dominic Moore and Vincent Lecavalier also scored for the Lightning in their season opener. The Thrashers, who trailed 4-0 in the second period, got goals from Tobias Enstrom, Ben Eager and Chris Thorburn. Boucher wearing anaheim ducks jersey was hired as the Lightning's seventh head coach on June 10. He coached Montreal's AHL farm team in Hamilton last season, going 52-17-11 en route to the Western Conference finals.

Only four times in NHL history has a rookie scored a hat trick in his first game? Stepan wearing calgary flames jersey became the latest to join the group as his three markers helped spoil the Buffalo Sabres' Northeast Division banner raising party as the Rangers were victorious 6-3. Brandon Dubinsky added a pair of goals in the win. Stepan joins Fabian Brunnstrom (2008), Real Cloutier (1979) and Alex Smart (1943) in the debut hat-trick club. Filppula in a jarome iginla jersey opened the scoring midway through the first period and added his second of the night, the game winner, on the power play with 14 minutes to go in the third period. Chris Osgood made 26 saves and Todd Bertuzzi added two points in the win.