Ottawa Senators right winger Mathieu Joseph of Laval, Quebec recorded his first career National Hockey League hat trick on Friday. The fourth-year forward scored thrice in a 5-2 Senators win over the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
All three of Joseph’s goals were in the third period. He put the Senators up 3-1 at 3:36 of the third period from Tyler Ennis of Edmonton, Alberta, and Colin White. Joseph then put the Senators up 4-1 with a goal from Tim Stutzle at 13:19 of the period. Then Joseph scored the game-winning goal with three minutes and 55 seconds left in the third period with an unassisted marker into an empty net.
Joseph had a four-point game. On the Senators’s first goal of the game, he picked up the lone assist on a shorthanded goal by Austin Watson at 5:07 of the first period. In addition to this being Joseph’s first career hat trick, it was also his first career four-point game.
On the season, Joseph has 11 goals and 12 assists for 23 points in 63 games with the Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning. He is a +7 with 27 penalty minutes, four shorthanded points, three game-winning goals, 78 shots on goal, 19 faceoff wins, 23 blocked shots, 98 hits, 40 takeaways, and 18 giveaways.
