Matthew Tkachuk scored his first hat trick as a member of the Florida Panthers, and added an assist, to lead the Cats to a 5-3 victory over the visiting Arizona Coyotes in front of a surprisingly large crowd at FLA Live Arena.
Tkachuk started the scoring 1:09 after the opening faceoff. After Karel Vejmelka stopped Gustav Forsling’s routine shot from the left point, Aleksander Barkov sent the juicy rebound over to Tkachuk, who fired it into the beckoning net.
SAY CHEESE!@TKACHUKycheese_ gets the Panthers on the board early!