Golden Knights’ Mitch Marner could’ve have been more humble about historic hat trick

The Vegas Golden Knights took a 5-4 double-overtime victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 on Saturday night. It gave the Golden Knights the lead in the Stanley Cup Final. In the game, Mitch Marner found the back of the net three times, all in the second period.

His historic hat-trick was the fastest in NHL history, scoring three goals in six minutes and ten seconds. He also added an assist before his three goals. After the game, he spoke of the hat trick, according to Greg Wyshynski of ESPN.

“Well, I think a lot of guys made great plays to set me up,” Marner said. “I think you need five guys on the ice to all be on the same page. And I thought our line did a really good job of that throughout the entire night.”

It was a historic night overall for Marner. He tied an NHL record set back in 1919 by scoring four points in a single period on the Stanley Cup Final. He also became just the second player in Stanley Cup Final history to score a natural hat trick in a single period. He had an opprotunity to score again in the third period, when he was given a penalty shot.

“I was pretty exhausted, to be honest,” Marner said. “I really didn’t notice they switched their goalie and I didn’t notice he’s an offhand as well. I had a lot of different thoughts kind of going through my mind when I was going on that penalty shot, just trying to shoot it quickly or trying to fight a play. I liked my move. I just missed by a hair.”

While Marner did not score on the penalty shot, his four points put him at 28 points for the playoffs. That is eight more than Jack Eichel for the lead in the playoffs, and has made him the favorite to win the Conn Smythe.

Marner will look to get another step closer to the Conn Smythe and winning the Stanley Cup on Tuesday night in Game 4 in Vegas.

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