The Russian entered the history of the NHL club after a hat-trick with a “dirty” goal
Kirill Marchenko scored a hat-trick with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The first goal he scored spectacularly, which he called “dirty”
Russian striker Kirill Marchenko scored the first hat-trick in the Toronto Maple Leafs and was recognized as the first star of the match.
He scored three goals in the home meeting of the regular NHL championship with the Buffalo Sabres (4-5 – overtime).
At the same time, Marchenko scored the first goal spectacularly, throwing the puck between his legs. In North American hockey slang, such a goal is called a dirty or mocking goal.
Marchenko played his 300th game in the NHL. He became the first Toronto player in 10 years and the fifth in 30 years to score a hat-trick in his first ten games for the club. In just eight meetings on his account 9 points (4 goals and 5 assists). In the offseason, the 26-year-old Russian moved to Toronto from Columbus.
Russian goalkeeper “Toronto” Sergey Bobrovsky reflected 29 shots.
Who else from the Russians distinguished in the NHL game day
Philadelphia Flyers forward Matvey Michkov scored the first puck in four games. It happened in a guest match with the Detroit Red Wings (1: 2). The Russian became the third star of the meeting.
He has three goals in the season. Michkov for the seventh time in his career in the NHL opened the scoring, on this indicator is second only to Owen Tippett (10), Travis Konekna and Tyson Furster (9 each).
In the match “Minnesota Wild” – “St. Louis Blues” (5: 4), all Russian players of the hosts scored points.
The best sniper of the regular championship of the NHL Kirill Kaprizov scored the ninth goal of the season and made two assists. 29-year-old Russian only in one of the eight games of the season could not be noted effective action. He has 14 points (9+5).
Danila Yurov recorded his third goal of the season. He was assisted by Maxim Shabanov and Yakov Trenin, who scored the first point of the season.
Russian striker "Vegas Golden Knights" Ivan Barbashev made three assists in the home match with the Calgary Flames (6: 2). As part of the guests, the transfer was noted by 20-year-old Russian Matvey Gridin.
New York Rangers forward Pavel Dorofeev interrupted a six-game goalless streak in a meeting with the New Jersey Devils (1-7). For one of the best NHL playoff snipers of 2026, this puck was the second of the season. The winners scored a goal forward Arseny Gritsyuk.
Tampa Bay Lightning striker Ilya Mikheev scored a goal against Seattle Kraken (4:3 – overtime), San Jose Sharks striker Igor Chernyshov – a mast transfer with the Nashville Predators (3:2 – bullies)
Defender “Ottawa Senators” Artem Zub in the match with the “New York Islanders” (2: 1 – Bullits) made the first assist of the season. Islanders goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov reflected 18 shots.
