Bratt scored 2–1 and gave New Jersey the lead in a numerical superiority with two seconds left in the first period. The second goal came in the third period when the 26-year-old from Stockholm extended to 5–2.
I'm trying to find my way to contribute to the team, says Bratt about his own performance to reporters after the match.
He then finalized the result by shooting 6–2 in an open goal.
It was Bratt's second hat-trick in his NHL career.
He has been very good, very consistent, says New Jersey's coach Sheldon Keefe about Bratt.
Decided in Overtime
Minnesota's goalie Filip Gustavsson also made a great performance, keeping a clean sheet when Montreal was defeated 3–0. The 26-year-old from Skellefteå made 19 saves and delivered his first shutout of the season and the seventh in his NHL career.
Minnesota's Joel Eriksson Ek left the game at the end of the first period with an injury in the lower part of his body.
Buffalo's Rasmus Dahlin decided the match against St Louis when he scored 4–3 in overtime.
Zibanejad: "Nice"
Another Swede who has reason to celebrate is Dallas' Oskar Bäck, who scored his first goal in his NHL career when Boston was crushed 7–2.
New York Rangers' Mika Zibanejad can also breathe a sigh of relief, after scoring his first goal in nine matches when San Jose was defeated 3–2 at Madison Square Garden.
Nice to be able to contribute, he says after the broken goal drought, which had lasted since October 22.
Fabian Zetterlund and Timothy Liljegren scored San Jose's two goals.
