St. Louis Blues center Jordan Kyrou of Toronto, Ontario recorded his first National Hockey League hat trick on Monday. It came in a 5-1 Blues win over the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Kyrou opened the scoring at 10:25 of the second period from Nick Leddy and Vladimir Tarasenko. He then scored at 1:07 of the third period on the power-play from Tarasenko and Torey Krug to put the Blues up 4-1, and then closed out the scoring at 9:19 of the third period from Robert Thomas of Aurora, Ontario and Tarasenko.
Kyrou was one of two Canadians on the Blues with a multi-point game. The other was Thomas, who had one goal and one assist for two points. Kyrou actually had four points, as he assisted on Thomas’s power-play goal at 18:50 of the second period, which put the Blues up 3-1.
On the season, Kyrou has 16 goals and 16 assists for 32 points in 31 games. He is a -16 with six penalty minutes, 11 power-play points, two game-winning goals, one shorthanded point, 108 shots on goal, three faceoff wins, 15 blocked shots, six hits, 24 takeaways and 26 giveaways.
Kyrou’s game-winning goals came in a 3-2 Blues win over the Colorado Avalanche on November 14, and in a 5-4 Blues win over the Florida Panthers on November 26. His shorthanded point was an assist on a goal by Thomas in a 4-3 Blues win over the Edmonton Oilers on December 15.
With the win, the Blues improve to a record of 16 wins, 15 regulation losses, and one loss in extra time for 33 points. They are three points back of the Colorado Avalanche for a playoff spot.
