Hat tricks, 1996-97 NHL regular season
Brendan Shanahan, Ray Sheppard shared the most hat tricks in the 1996-97 NHL regular season, 3 each. 57 players had at least one, 14 more than once, 73 in all.
Most hat tricks by player
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendan Shanahan |  DET | 3 | 81 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Ray Sheppard |  FLA | 3 | 68 | 4.4 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | John LeClair |  PHI | 2 | 82 | 2.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Keith Tkachuk | — | 2 | 81 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Mario Lemieux |  PIT | 2 | 76 | 2.6 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Martin Gelinas |  VAN | 2 | 74 | 2.7 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Peter Bondra |  WSH | 2 | 77 | 2.6 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Brett Hull |  STL | 2 | 77 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Jaromir Jagr | PIT | 2 | 63 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Mariusz Czerkawski |  EDM | 2 | 76 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Mark Messier |  NYR | 2 | 71 | 2.8 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Paul Kariya |  ANA | 2 | 69 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Tony Amonte |  CHI | 2 | 81 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Tony Granato |  SJ | 2 | 76 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Sergei Fedorov | DET | 1 | 74 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Eric Lindros | PHI | 1 | 52 | 1.9 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Jaroslav Svejkovsky | WSH | 1 | 19 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Wendel Clark |  TOR | 1 | 65 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Adam Graves | NYR | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Al MacInnis | STL | 1 | 72 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Alex Kovalev | NYR | 1 | 45 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Alexander Mogilny | VAN | 1 | 76 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Alexei Zhamnov | CHI | 1 | 74 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Bill Guerin |  NJ | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Brian Rolston | NJ | 1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Brian Savage |  MTL | 1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Dale Hawerchuk | PHI | 1 | 51 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Dave Reid |  DAL | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Derek King |  NYI | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Dino Ciccarelli |  TB | 1 | 77 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Ed Olczyk |  LA | 1 | 79 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Eric Daze | CHI | 1 | 71 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Eric Lacroix |  COL | 1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | German Titov |  CGY | 1 | 79 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Jeff O'Neill |  CAR | 1 | 72 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Jim McKenzie | — | 1 | 65 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Joe Juneau | WSH | 1 | 58 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Joe Sakic | COL | 1 | 65 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Kent Manderville | CAR | 1 | 44 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Mark Recchi | MTL | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Martin Rucinsky | MTL | 1 | 70 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Mats Sundin | TOR | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Michal Grosek |  BUF | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Mike Gartner | — | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Miroslav Satan | BUF | 1 | 76 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Owen Nolan | SJ | 1 | 72 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Peter Forsberg | COL | 1 | 65 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Randy McKay | NJ | 1 | 77 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Rem Murray | EDM | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Ryan Smyth | EDM | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Scott Young | COL | 1 | 72 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Teemu Selanne | ANA | 1 | 78 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Theoren Fleury | CGY | 1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Trent Klatt | PHI | 1 | 76 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Valeri Kamensky | COL | 1 | 68 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Vincent Damphousse | MTL | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Zigmund Palffy | NYI | 1 | 80 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
GP counts the regular-season games on file for the player that season. The last columns split the games by goals.
Every hat trick, newest first
| Apr 13, 1997 | Jaroslav Svejkovsky | WSH | @ BUF | W 8-3 | 4 G, 0 A, 4 PTS |
| Apr 13, 1997 | Eric Daze | CHI | @ DAL | W 5-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Apr 11, 1997 | Alexei Zhamnov | CHI | vs CGY | W 7-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Apr 4, 1997 | Tony Granato | SJ | vs COL | W 7-6 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Apr 4, 1997 | Miroslav Satan | BUF | vs NYR | W 5-1 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Apr 2, 1997 | Peter Forsberg | COL | @ CGY | W 5-1 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 29, 1997 | Zigmund Palffy | NYI |  vs BOS | W 8-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Mar 26, 1997 | Valeri Kamensky | COL | @ DET | L 6-5 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 20, 1997 | Keith Tkachuk | — | @ CHI | W 4-2 | 4 G, 0 A, 4 PTS |
| Mar 19, 1997 | Eric Lindros | PHI | @ TOR | W 6-3 | 4 G, 2 A, 6 PTS |
| Mar 16, 1997 | Tony Amonte | CHI | vs NYI | W 5-4 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Mar 14, 1997 | Adam Graves | NYR |  @ OTT | W 4-3 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 14, 1997 | Joe Sakic | COL | vs PIT | W 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 13, 1997 | Ray Sheppard | FLA | vs VAN | W 5-4 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 13, 1997 | Randy McKay | NJ | vs CAR | W 6-0 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 12, 1997 | Kent Manderville | CAR | vs BOS | W 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 6, 1997 | Peter Bondra | WSH | vs COL | W 6-3 | 4 G, 0 A, 4 PTS |
| Mar 1, 1997 | Trent Klatt | PHI | @ BOS | T 5-5 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 27, 1997 | Martin Gelinas | VAN | vs — | W 6-2 | 4 G, 1 A, 5 PTS |
| Feb 26, 1997 | John LeClair | PHI | @ OTT | W 8-5 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Feb 19, 1997 | Mariusz Czerkawski | EDM | vs TOR | W 6-5 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Feb 18, 1997 | Jim McKenzie | — | vs LA | W 6-1 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 12, 1997 | Brendan Shanahan | DET | vs SJ | W 7-1 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Feb 8, 1997 | Brendan Shanahan | DET | @ PIT | W 6-5 OT | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Feb 8, 1997 | Mark Messier | NYR | @ NYI | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 6, 1997 | Brett Hull | STL | vs DAL | W 6-4 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Feb 6, 1997 | Martin Gelinas | VAN | @ DET | W 7-4 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 6, 1997 | John LeClair | PHI | vs MTL | W 9-5 | 4 G, 2 A, 6 PTS |
| Jan 31, 1997 | Jeff O'Neill | CAR | @ ANA | L 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 26, 1997 | Mario Lemieux | PIT | @ MTL | W 5-2 | 4 G, 0 A, 4 PTS |
| Jan 24, 1997 | Derek King | NYI | @ CAR | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 23, 1997 | Paul Kariya | ANA | @ — | L 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 10, 1997 | Paul Kariya | ANA | vs BUF | W 5-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Jan 8, 1997 | Dave Reid | DAL | vs DET | W 6-3 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Jan 7, 1997 | Ed Olczyk | LA | vs VAN | W 6-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 6, 1997 | Vincent Damphousse | MTL | vs CAR | W 5-4 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 31, 1996 | Bill Guerin | NJ | @ BUF | L 6-5 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Dec 26, 1996 | Sergei Fedorov | DET | vs WSH | W 5-4 OT | 5 G, 0 A, 5 PTS |
| Dec 22, 1996 | Brett Hull | STL | vs LA | W 7-4 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Dec 22, 1996 | German Titov | CGY | @ — | W 7-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Dec 22, 1996 | Ray Sheppard | FLA | @ NYR | L 7-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 21, 1996 | Mats Sundin | TOR | @ COL | W 6-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Dec 19, 1996 | Mario Lemieux | PIT | @ STL | W 4-0 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Dec 15, 1996 | Alexander Mogilny | VAN | @ STL | W 8-0 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Dec 13, 1996 | Peter Bondra | WSH | @ ANA | L 5-4 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 11, 1996 | Al MacInnis | STL | @ DAL | T 5-5 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 4, 1996 | Michal Grosek | BUF | vs VAN | L 7-6 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 30, 1996 | Tony Amonte | CHI | @ LA | W 5-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 30, 1996 | Jaromir Jagr | PIT | vs BOS | W 6-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Nov 28, 1996 | Keith Tkachuk | — | vs NJ | W 4-3 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 27, 1996 | Brendan Shanahan | DET | vs TOR | W 5-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Nov 26, 1996 | Mark Messier | NYR | @ — | W 3-1 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 26, 1996 | Ray Sheppard | FLA | vs BUF | W 4-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 21, 1996 | Dale Hawerchuk | PHI | vs PIT | W 7-3 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Nov 21, 1996 | Mark Recchi | MTL | @ BOS | W 6-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 16, 1996 | Brian Rolston | NJ | vs TB | W 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 9, 1996 | Scott Young | COL | vs MTL | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 9, 1996 | Wendel Clark | TOR | vs EDM | W 7-3 | 4 G, 1 A, 5 PTS |
| Nov 8, 1996 | Dino Ciccarelli | TB | vs PIT | T 5-5 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 7, 1996 | Mariusz Czerkawski | EDM | @ BOS | W 6-0 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 6, 1996 | Martin Rucinsky | MTL | @ ANA | W 6-5 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 2, 1996 | Jaromir Jagr | PIT | vs OTT | W 7-3 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Nov 1, 1996 | Joe Juneau | WSH | vs PIT | W 4-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 1, 1996 | Teemu Selanne | ANA | vs SJ | W 4-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Oct 27, 1996 | Owen Nolan | SJ | @ CHI | W 6-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Oct 24, 1996 | Rem Murray | EDM | @ LA | W 8-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Oct 22, 1996 | Theoren Fleury | CGY | vs COL | W 5-1 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Oct 16, 1996 | Alex Kovalev | NYR | vs PIT | W 8-1 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Oct 15, 1996 | Eric Lacroix | COL | vs EDM | W 7-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Oct 8, 1996 | Ryan Smyth | EDM | @ TOR | W 4-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Oct 7, 1996 | Brian Savage | MTL | vs ANA | T 6-6 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Oct 7, 1996 | Mike Gartner | — | @ BOS | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Oct 6, 1996 | Tony Granato | SJ | @ LA | W 7-6 OT | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |