Hat tricks, 2008-09 NHL regular season
Eric Staal had the most hat tricks in the 2008-09 NHL regular season: 4 in 82 games. 55 players had at least one, 7 more than once, 65 in all.
Most hat tricks by player
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Staal |  CAR | 4 | 82 | 4.9 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Alex Ovechkin |  WSH | 3 | 79 | 3.8 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | David Booth |  FLA | 2 | 72 | 2.8 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Michael Cammalleri |  CGY | 2 | 81 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Olli Jokinen | CGY | 2 | 76 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Rick Nash |  CBJ | 2 | 78 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Scott Hartnell |  PHI | 2 | 82 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Dainius Zubrus |  NJ | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | David Backes |  STL | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Andrei Kostitsyn |  MTL | 1 | 74 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | B.J. Crombeen | STL | 1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Blake Wheeler |  BOS | 1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Bobby Ryan |  ANA | 1 | 63 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Boyd Devereaux |  TOR | 1 | 23 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Bryan Little |  WPG | 1 | 79 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Chris Drury |  NYR | 1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Christopher Higgins | MTL | 1 | 57 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | David Krejci | BOS | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | David Moss | CGY | 1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Drew Stafford |  BUF | 1 | 79 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Dustin Brown |  LA | 1 | 80 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Erik Cole |  EDM | 1 | 80 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Ethan Moreau | EDM | 1 | 77 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Evgeni Malkin |  PIT | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Fabian Brunnstrom |  DAL | 1 | 55 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Ilya Kovalchuk | WPG | 1 | 79 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | James Neal | DAL | 1 | 77 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Jarome Iginla | CGY | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Jason Arnott |  NSH | 1 | 65 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Jason Blake | TOR | 1 | 78 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Jason Spezza |  OTT | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Jeff Carter | PHI | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Jonathan Toews |  CHI | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Jordan Staal | PIT | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Loui Eriksson | DAL | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Mark Parrish | DAL | 1 | 44 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Martin Hanzal | — | 1 | 74 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Matt Cullen | CAR | 1 | 69 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Maxim Lapierre | MTL | 1 | 79 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Michal Handzus | LA | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Mike Ribeiro | DAL | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Milan Lucic | BOS | 1 | 72 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Nikita Filatov | CBJ | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Pascal Dupuis | PIT | 1 | 71 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Petr Sykora | PIT | 1 | 76 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Phil Kessel | BOS | 1 | 70 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Ray Whitney | CAR | 1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Rene Bourque | CGY | 1 | 58 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Robert Lang | MTL | 1 | 50 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Sam Gagner | EDM | 1 | 76 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Sean Bergenheim |  NYI | 1 | 59 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Sidney Crosby | PIT | 1 | 77 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Steven Stamkos |  TB | 1 | 79 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Teemu Selanne | ANA | 1 | 65 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas Vanek | BUF | 1 | 73 | 1.4 | 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 12, 2009 | Phil Kessel | BOS | @ NYI | W 6-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Apr 11, 2009 | Boyd Devereaux | TOR | vs OTT | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Apr 7, 2009 | Eric Staal | CAR | vs NYI | W 9-0 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Apr 3, 2009 | Jeff Carter | PHI | vs TOR | W 8-5 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Apr 2, 2009 | David Backes | STL |  @ DET | W 5-4 | 4 G, 0 A, 4 PTS |
| Mar 19, 2009 | Sam Gagner | EDM |  @ COL | W 8-1 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Mar 14, 2009 | Olli Jokinen | CGY | @ TOR | L 8-6 | 3 G, 2 A, 5 PTS |
| Mar 7, 2009 | Rick Nash | CBJ | @ DET | W 8-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 7, 2009 | David Booth | FLA | vs STL | W 5-3 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Mar 7, 2009 | Sean Bergenheim | NYI | vs NJ | W 7-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 7, 2009 | Eric Staal | CAR | @ TB | W 9-3 | 4 G, 2 A, 6 PTS |
| Mar 6, 2009 | Ray Whitney | CAR | vs CGY | W 6-1 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 5, 2009 | Michal Handzus | LA | vs DAL | W 5-4 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Mar 3, 2009 | David Moss | CGY | @ OTT | W 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 28, 2009 | Jason Arnott | NSH | vs DET | W 8-0 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 27, 2009 | Jonathan Toews | CHI | vs PIT | L 5-4 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 22, 2009 | Matt Cullen | CAR | vs COL | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 21, 2009 | Olli Jokinen | — | @ LA | W 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 17, 2009 | Steven Stamkos | TB | vs CHI | L 5-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 15, 2009 | Ilya Kovalchuk | WPG | @ ANA | W 8-4 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Feb 15, 2009 | Alex Ovechkin | WSH | @ FLA | W 4-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Feb 4, 2009 | Thomas Vanek | BUF | vs TOR | W 5-0 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Feb 1, 2009 | Alex Ovechkin | WSH | vs OTT | W 7-4 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 28, 2009 | Michael Cammalleri | CGY | vs BUF | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 27, 2009 | Rick Nash | CBJ | vs DET | W 3-2 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 27, 2009 | Drew Stafford | BUF | @ EDM | W 10-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 21, 2009 | Mike Ribeiro | DAL | @ FLA | W 4-1 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 18, 2009 | Ethan Moreau | EDM | vs — | W 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 15, 2009 | Jason Blake | TOR | @ CAR | W 6-4 | 3 G, 2 A, 5 PTS |
| Jan 13, 2009 | Erik Cole | EDM | @ WSH | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 10, 2009 | Nikita Filatov | CBJ |  vs MIN | W 4-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 8, 2009 | Bobby Ryan | ANA | @ LA | L 4-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Jan 7, 2009 | Robert Lang | MTL | @ NYR | W 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 29, 2008 | Maxim Lapierre | MTL | @ FLA | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 27, 2008 | Rene Bourque | CGY | vs OTT | W 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 27, 2008 | Andrei Kostitsyn | MTL | @ PIT | W 3-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 26, 2008 | Bryan Little | WPG | vs CAR | L 5-4 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 26, 2008 | Eric Staal | CAR | @ WPG | W 5-4 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 23, 2008 | James Neal | DAL | @ TOR | W 8-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 20, 2008 | Scott Hartnell | PHI | vs WSH | W 7-1 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Dec 18, 2008 | Loui Eriksson | DAL | vs CBJ | W 6-5 SO | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 18, 2008 | David Krejci | BOS | vs TOR | W 8-5 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 11, 2008 | Scott Hartnell | PHI | vs CAR | W 6-5 SO | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 11, 2008 | Petr Sykora | PIT | vs NYI | W 9-2 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Dec 11, 2008 | Pascal Dupuis | PIT | vs NYI | W 9-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 11, 2008 | Dustin Brown | LA | vs STL | W 6-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 8, 2008 | B.J. Crombeen | STL | vs NSH | W 6-3 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Dec 6, 2008 | Jason Spezza | OTT | vs PIT | W 3-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Dec 4, 2008 | Martin Hanzal | — | vs TOR | W 6-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 29, 2008 | Sidney Crosby | PIT | vs NJ | W 4-1 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Nov 27, 2008 | Michael Cammalleri | CGY |  @ VAN | W 4-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 26, 2008 | Alex Ovechkin | WSH | vs WPG | W 5-3 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Nov 26, 2008 | Evgeni Malkin | PIT | @ NYI | W 5-3 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Nov 23, 2008 | Dainius Zubrus | NJ | @ TB | W 7-3 | 4 G, 0 A, 4 PTS |
| Nov 21, 2008 | Eric Staal | CAR | vs — | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 11, 2008 | Christopher Higgins | MTL | vs OTT | W 4-0 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 11, 2008 | Jordan Staal | PIT | @ DET | W 7-6 OT | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Nov 9, 2008 | David Booth | FLA | @ ANA | W 3-1 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 7, 2008 | Mark Parrish | DAL | @ ANA | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 6, 2008 | Chris Drury | NYR | vs TB | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Nov 6, 2008 | Blake Wheeler | BOS | vs TOR | W 5-2 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Oct 29, 2008 | Teemu Selanne | ANA | vs DET | W 5-4 OT | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Oct 25, 2008 | Milan Lucic | BOS | vs WPG | W 5-4 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS |
| Oct 23, 2008 | Jarome Iginla | CGY | @ NSH | W 5-3 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |
| Oct 15, 2008 | Fabian Brunnstrom | DAL | vs NSH | W 6-4 | 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS |