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Down in Sunrise, Florida, history was made Saturday night and it wasn't subtle. Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett each potted natural hat tricks as the Florida Panthers dismantled the Seattle Kraken eight to three, making Florida the first franchise in NHL history to produce natural hat tricks in three consecutive games. That is a record nobody saw coming.
Staying on the ice, the New York Islanders picked up a four to one road win over Toronto Saturday, but the victory came at a cost. Center Calum Ritchie and winger Matias Maccelli both left the game with lower-body injuries and neither returned. The Islanders will be watching the injury reports closely heading into the week.
And over in Winnipeg, the tension in that dressing room is building fast. Jets captain Adam Lowry addressed the elephant in the room Saturday after a three to two loss to Carolina, confirming that conversations will need to happen when Connor Hellebuyck's team-imposed suspension expires October twenty-third. How that reunion plays out could define Winnipeg's entire season.
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