Gionta Completes Hat Trick; Ties Game

Brian Gionta completes a natural hat trick at the most opportune time - with 37.4 seconds left - as the Devils come back from three down in the third to tie and eventually beat the Leafs 7-6. Read more about Gionta at http://mvn.com/nhl-devils/

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[dukee04]

thats not a natural hat trick. a natural hat trick is when you score 3 goals in the 1st period

[trendon]

No, three consecutive goals at any point. Some people will call it a natural hat trick if the other team scores in between your three goals, but that is incorrect, too.

[capeofwhatever]

The Leafs were down by 4 heading to the 3rd and completed a very unprobable comeback. Nice try though. ;)

[trendon]

I think you got it backwards, dude. The Devils were down 6-3 going into the third.

[capeofwhatever]

No, it was the opposite and were were on the road. We were down by 4 and they kept saying how great a comeback it was just behind LA kings coming back in the 3rd from 4 goals. We lost in overtime and I speciifically remember that game. I would know, I cried myself to sleep that day. :(

[trendon]

Dude, I am looking at the boxscore. The boxscore for the game shows that the Leafs were up 6-3 going into the third. It will not look right, but I will copy it here.

[trendon]

1st Period New Jersey 10:43, John Madden 1 Toronto 15:45, Jeff O'Neill 1 (power play)

2nd Period Toronto 1:13, Matthew Stajan 2 New Jersey 3:30, John Madden 2 Toronto 3:50, Matthew Stajan 3 Toronto 4:38, Chad Kilger 3 New Jersey 5:25, Sergei Brylin 1 Toronto 8:45, Darcy Tucker 4 Toronto 14:48, Alexei Ponikarovsky 2 3rd Period New Jersey 6:29, Brian Gionta 1 New Jersey 14:19, Brian Gionta 2 New Jersey 19:22, Brian Gionta 3

[NJDevils914]

A natural hat trick is when one player scores 3 goals in a row without any other goals scored by either team, it can happen any time in the game. Not in just the first period.

[Brinkley26]

i was there. it was epic

[JojoSimz]

@dukee04 what a fuckin dumbass LOL

[kewlnsimpguy]

date of this game?

[cup950003]

i kinda wish we stayed at continental... i like the rock and how its in newark but i think continental's more of a hockey place... the rock is not as vintage

[nmigliore]

was at this game.. def. one of my favorite games ive been to

[srt4racer099]

i was wachin the end uv the second period and it wuz 6-3 so i thought they were guna loose nd i took a shower and wen i cum owt uv the shower its 6-5 with a minute left 2 go and giota scores like 20 seconds later

[ozwizzler309]

YEA! just the reaction from the announcer and watching the play gives me chills!

such an awesome turn of events!

LETS GO DEVILS!

[dukee04]

yeah nvm i'm wrong

[enjoipanda88]

This was my first Devil's game I ever went to, and it was great. You should upload the shootout to this game...that was great too!