Vegas Golden Knights right winger Mark Stone of Winnipeg, Manitoba recoded his fourth career National Hockey League hat trick on Thursday. He accomplished the feat in dominant 6-2 Golden Knights win over the Calgary Flames at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
Stone had a natural hat trick as all three goals came in the third period. He put the Golden Knights up 4-1 at 1:06 of the third period from Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev. Stone then put the Golden Knights up 5-1 at 12:10 of the third period from Noah Hanafin and Barbashev. Stone’s hat trick came with three minutes and 47 seconds left on the power-play to put the Golden Knights up 6-1. Mitch Marner of Markham, Ontario and Eichel had the assists.
There were three Canadians to score for the Golden Knights. The other two were Brett Howden of Calgary, Alberta and Braeden Bowman of Kitchener, Ontario. Stone was one of two Golden Knights with a multi-point game. The other was Marner, who had two assists.
In 2026-27, Stone has six goals and five assists for 11 points in nine games. He is a +7 with nine penalty minutes, five power-play points, one shorthanded point, one game-winning goal, 19 shots on goal, seven blocked shots, 11 hits, two takeaways and five giveaways.
Stone had a shorthanded game-winning goal on October 6 in a 6-2 Golden Knights win over the Seattle Kraken. He put the Golden Knights up 3-0 from Eichel at 1:43 of the second period. Stone’s first takeaway came in a 2-1 Golden Knights overtime win over the Los Angeles Kings on October 10 and his second takeaway came on Thursday against the Flames.
In Stone’s career, he has two regular season hat tricks and two postseason hat tricks. The other regular season hat trick came on January 15, 2024 in a 4-1 Golden Knights win over the Nashville Predators. Stone’s first postseason hat trick came on April 14, 2019 in a 6-3 Golden Knights win over the San Jose Sharks (game three of the first round) and his second postseason hat trick came on June 13, 2023 in a 9-3 Golden Knights win over the Florida Panthers (game five of the Stanley Cup Final).
With the win, the Golden Knights improved to a record of seven wins and two losses. They are in first place in the Pacific Division and lead the Edmonton Oilers and Seattle Kraken by three points each.
