Tarasenko is the first St. John to score a hat-trick in the same playoff period in 27 years. Louis became a player.

Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko scored three goals against Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff game (5:2).

Thus, Tarasenko became the third hockey player in his club’s history to score a hat-trick in a Stanley Cup match. The last time Brendan Shanahan scored with the Blues three goals in one twenty minutes was in 1995. In 1969, Red Berenson achieved this result.

Let’s remind, Ryan O’Reilly and Brandon Saad among the winners also made a puck. Pavel Buchnevich played 15:56 and had two assists. Ivan Barbashev spent 12:57 on the ice and had an assist. Alexey Toropchenko played 9:22.

“Minnesota” scored two goals from Kirill Kaprizov.

The score in the series was 3-2 in favor of the Blues. Game six is ​​on May 13 in St. Louis will be played. It starts at 04:30 Moscow time.

Previously reportedKaprizov topped the list of NHL playoff snipers.