Strome notched his first career NHL hat trick and four-point game (3G, 1A) on Wednesday night against the Red Wings. He had recorded 11 career three-point efforts in the NHL with his last coming on March, 3, 2020 against Anaheim.
The Mississauga, Ontario native has nine points (4G, 5A) over his last eight games. Strome has 16 points (7G, 9A) in 30 games during the 2021-22 campaign, one off his total from last year when he skated in 40 games.
He also has won 56.3% or more of his faceoffs in nine-consecutive games and is winning a career-high 56.7% of his draws this year. His faceoff win percentage is 12th in the NHL (min. 250 faceoffs). Over his last seven games, Strome has won eight or more faceoffs in each contest and in five of those skates he has won 10 or more. He matched a career high with 14 faceoff wins on Saturday night against the Wild. The only other time he won 14 draws in a game was on Oct. 16, 2018 against Minnesota as a member of the Coyotes.