On this day in NHL history: October 28

The best line on file for October 28: John Madden, 4 G, 1 A in 2000. Born on October 28: Jack Eichel, Cole Smith, Alex Laferriere and 8 more.

Hat tricks and more on October 28

Hat tricks and more on October 28, every year on file

Year	Player	Game	Line
2000	John Madden	NJ vs PIT	4 G, 1 A
2000	Randy McKay	NJ vs PIT	4 G, 0 A
1999	Dave Andreychuk	BOS vs TB	4 G, 0 A
2025	Victor Olofsson	COL vs NJ	3 G, 2 A
2025	Connor Bedard	CHI vs OTT	3 G, 1 A
2024	John Tavares	TOR vs WPG	3 G, 0 A
2023	Frank Vatrano	ANA vs PHI	3 G, 0 A
2017	John Tavares	NYI vs NSH	3 G, 0 A
2014	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL vs DAL	3 G, 1 A
2014	Nikita Kucherov	TB vs ARI	3 G, 0 A
2010	Chris Stewart	COL vs CGY	3 G, 0 A
2009	Sidney Crosby	PIT vs MTL	3 G, 0 A
2006	Tomas Kaberle	TOR vs MTL	3 G, 1 A
2006	Sidney Crosby	PIT vs PHI	3 G, 0 A
2005	Eric Staal	CAR vs PHI	3 G, 0 A

Lines from the game logs on file (from 1995-96), regular season and playoffs. Finals games are the champion against the runner-up in the postseason on file.