Mavrik Bourque scored his first NHL hat trick Thursday night in DAL@TOR, capping the night with his third goal of the game in the third period against the Maple Leafs. The Stars led in the third when Bourque jammed the loose puck in from the crease, turning a tight game into the latest milestone of his young NHL career.
Bourque had already done most of the damage earlier, scoring twice in the second period before finishing the job after the intermission. The sequence gave him two goals in the 2nd and one in the 3rd, the kind of scoring burst that can change a game in a matter of minutes. The source text identifies the matchup as DAL@TOR, but does not provide the final score.
For Bourque, the night will be remembered for the first NHL hat trick. For Dallas, it was a late-period cushion built around one player finding space, then getting to the crease in time to bury the puck.