Thompson named NHL's 2nd Star of the Week

Tage Thompson has been named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for the week ending December 11, 2022, the league announced Monday.
Thompson posted seven points over three games, which was tied for the most in the NHL. He started the week off with a bang on Wednesday when he recorded five goals and six points against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.
His four-goal first period led Buffalo to a 9-4 victory over Columbus.
Thompson is the third Sabres player to receive Star of the Week Honors this year, joining Rasmus Dahlin (First Star for the week ending October 24) and Dylan Cozens (Second Star for the week ending December 4).
"I think it's definitely nice," Thompson said. "It speaks to the work that guys have been putting in. When you put work in for a while it's nice to get that recognition, I guess you could say. I think that's what we're working as a team as well. We've have had a few individuals achieve that now, now it's time for us to do that as a team, start to win some games and get some recognition from a whole team standpoint. "

Thompson and Dave Andreychuk are the only players in Sabres history to record five goals in a single game, and he and Pat LaFontaine are the only players in franchise history to record multiple six-point games in the same season.
Thompson leads the team with 21 goals and 41 points through 28 games.

He's one of only four players in the league - along with Connor McDavid (25), Jason Robertson (23) and Bo Horvat (20) - to have hit the 20-goal mark and one of only four players - with McDavid (54), Leon Draisaitl (46) and Robertson (42) - to have at least 40 points.