Sabres Beat Ducks 7-6: Thompson Scores Natural Hat Trick in Five-Point Game
The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Anaheim Ducks 7-6 on Oct. 29 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Orange County, California. Buffalo won its second straight game and improved to 6-4-3. Anaheim fell to 5-7-1 and has lost seven of its past eight games.
Tage Thompson completed a natural hat trick and finished with three goals and two assists for five points for Buffalo. It was his 10th career hat trick. Zach Benson had a goal and two assists, Peyton Krebs had three assists, Jack Quinn scored, Rasmus Dahlin had two assists, and Colten Ellis made 29 saves.
Cutter Gauthier scored two power-play goals for Anaheim. Beckett Sennecke had a goal and an assist, Leo Carlsson had three assists, and Jackson LaCombe had two assists. Ville Husso allowed seven goals on 30 shots. Roger McQueen, the No. 10 pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, scored his first NHL goal.
Buffalo trailed 3-1 in the first period before scoring six straight goals to lead 7-3. Thompson tied the game 3-3 at 15:32 of the first period, then scored at 18:36 and 18:51 of the second period, 15 seconds apart, to complete the hat trick. Anaheim scored three straight goals late in the third period to cut it to 7-6.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 军刀球员塔格·汤普森比赛照（资料图）。Jenn G 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Sabres forward Tage Thompson in action (file photo). Photo by Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
