Chris Kreider (Boston College) proved too much for the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.
The two-time NCAA champion helped his New York Rangers overcome a one-goal deficit with a natural hat trick that spanned the second and third periods to pace the visitors to a 6-1 victory at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Kreider, 29, tallied his first goal 8:28 into the middle stanza by redirecting home a pass from the right side to tie the contest. A shot from the left point struck Kreider and went into the New Jersey net just 23 seconds into the final frame to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead, and then he completed the hat trick three-and-a-half-minutes later when he took a pass in the slot off a Devils turnover and wristed the puck home.
Kreider, who notched 49 goals and 92 points at BC from 2009 to 2012, now has 13 goals and 15 points in 21 outings so far this season for the Rangers, who have won five of their last seven contests. The Boxford, Mass. native also has eight goals in his last five games, including a pair of hat tricks, and has reached 170 regular-season goals in his NHL career.
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