"Sourdif, a 2020 third-round pick of the Florida Panthers, is reaching milestones alongside rarefied company. He became the first rookie to get a hat trick for the Capitals since Alex Ovechkin did so in 2006, also against the Ducks. Only one other Caps rookie has ever recorded a five-point night (Greg Theberge scored 2g, 3a against the Flyers in 1981.) And Sourdif is the first Black Caps player of any age to earn a hat trick since Joel Ward got one against Philadelphia in 2013."
""Oh gosh, I can't even remember," he said Monday. "I don't even know if I had a five-point night in junior. So it might have been a while ago. I think midget, maybe? When I was 15.""
""He was a one-man breakout most times," McMichael said of Sourdif, "just carrying the puck up the ice, and he made it real easy on me and Lenny. Luckily we were able to capitalize on a few chances.""
Justin Sourdif scored a hat trick and finished with five points in a game against the Anaheim Ducks. The performance marked his first NHL hat trick and his first five-point night. Sourdif was a 2020 third-round pick of the Florida Panthers who never reached five points in the WHL and spent three years in the AHL before joining the Capitals this summer with limited NHL experience. An injury to Pierre-Luc Dubois and other absences expanded Sourdif's role, moving him to a second-line spot between Connor McMichael and Ryan Leonard, and the new line produced multiple even-strength goals and multi-point nights.
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