With their latest hat trick, the B's have now had five different players score three goals or more in the ongoing season. That represents the most players to record three-goal games in a single campaign since the 1995-96 season, when the Bruins roster featured six.
So far in 2021-22, Patrice Bergeron, Jake Debrusk, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, and Craig Smith have all made hats fly onto the ice. Back in 1995-96, it was Steve Heinze, Cam Neely, Adam Oates, Dave Reid, Jozef Stumpel, and Rick Tocchet who scored the Bruins hat tricks.
It would also help Jeremy Swayman, who's odds of scoring a hatty himself are slim to none, pick out a bucket for his personal collection...