Laine led the NHL with 11 goals (and points) in four games to power the Jets (13-7-2, 28 points) to a pair of victories. He scored his sixth career hat trick, including the winning goal, in a 6-3 triumph over the Vancouver Canucks Nov. 19. Laine added two more goals in a 6-3 loss to the Calgary Flames Nov. 21 and then one goal in a 4-2 defeat against the Minnesota Wild Nov. 23. He capped the week with a career-high and franchise-record five goals (including the winner) in an 8-4 victory against the St. Louis Blues Nov. 24. In doing so, Laine registered
the 57th five-goal performance in NHL history
as well as the first since Feb. 2, 2011 (Johan Franzen). At 20 years, 219 days, he became the third different player in League history to post a five-goal game prior to his 21st birthday, joining Wayne Gretzky (2x) and Don Murdoch. The Tampere, Finland, native paces the NHL with 19 goals and three hat tricks in 22 contests this season (19-3-22). His 16 goals in November (16-1-17 in 10 GP) are another Jets/Thrashers record as well as the most by any player in one calendar month since December 1996 (Mario Lemieux: 17-10-27 in 15 GP).