Svechnikov, 22, has tallied 33 points (19g, 14a) in 38 games this season, leading the team in goals and ranking second in points and third in power-play goals (4) and power-play points (11). The 6'3", 199-pound forward also ranks second on the team in hits (78), and he is one of four NHL players with at least 15 goals and 70 hits in 2022-23, alongside Chris Kreider (NY Rangers), Timo Meier (San Jose) and Alex Ovechkin (Washington). Selected second overall by Carolina in the 2018 NHL Draft, Svechnikov is set to join Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo), Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa) and Quinn Hughes (Vancouver) as the fourth player from the 2018 draft class to skate in an All-Star Game. He opened the season on a four-game point streak from Oct. 12-20 (6g, 2a), including his first career regular-season hat trick against Edmonton on Oct. 20. Svechnikov added a second hat trick against the Oilers on Nov. 10, becoming the ninth player in team history (since relocation) to score multiple hat tricks in a single season. He became just the second Whalers/Hurricanes player to score two hat tricks against the same opponent within a single campaign (Sami Kapanen, 1997-98 vs. Edmonton). Svechnikov has posted a team-leading three multi-goal games and ranks second on the team with eight multi-point outings in 2022-23. Svechnikov has registered 242 points (108g, 134a) in 321 career NHL/Hurricanes games, marking the most goals, assists and points by any Russian-born player in franchise history. The Barnaul, Russia, native represented his home country at the IIHF World Junior Championship in 2018, posting a team-high five assists in five games at the tournament.
