Buffalo Sabres star Tage Thompson put up five goals on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday and entered a few exclusive clubs with the stat line.
Buffalo Sabres' Tage Thompson, right, keeps the puck away from Columbus Blue Jackets' Gavin Bayreuther during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio.to record four goals in the first period of a regular-season game, joining Peter Bondra, Grant Mulvey and Joe Malone. He is also the fourth active player to score five goals in a game, joining Timo Meier, Mika Zibanejad and Patrik Laine.
"It’s definitely a rewarding feeling," Thompson said after the game."You’ve spent a lot of years working to get to this point and to be rewarded for it is a pretty good feeling, and it just leaves you hungrier." Buffalo Sabres' Tage Thompson, right, celebrates his goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets with Jeff Skinner during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio."That was an amazing performance by Tage, and really, the whole group set the table," Buffalo coach Dan Granato said."I thought the energy, the collective effort, the focus to start was really good and enabled that to happen.
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