Kaprizov became the first Russian to score a hat-trick in the new NHL season

Minnesota striker Kirill Kaprizov became the first Russian hockey player to score a hat-trick in the 2026/27 season of the National Hockey League. The forward struck the goal of Florida three times in the guest match of the regular championship and added to this an effective transfer.

The meeting ended with a 4-1 victory. Kaprizov's first puck was victorious, and the effective pass in this episode was given by Russian striker Maxim Shabanov.

Thanks to this hat-trick Kaprizov headed the sniper race. The Russian has brought the number of goals this season to six. The same is now the American forward Kyle Connor and the Canadian defender “Edmonton” Evan Bouchard. Among the Russians, the closest to Kaprizov was Edmonton striker Vasily Podkolzin, who scored five goals.

The hat-trick allowed Kaprizov to rise to 16th place in the list of the best Russian players in the number of goals in the regular championships of the NHL. Now on account of the forward of “Minnesota” 236 goals, and on this indicator he beat Sergey Samsonov, who has 235 goals. The list is headed by Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin with 929 goals.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian hockey champion Yulia Karpova died.