Mark Stone, Game 5 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final
Of course, a list of the best hat tricks can't be without the one achieved during the clinching Stanley Cup Final game. It would be like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without the peanut butter or jelly. It doesn't taste right without the two items together. That leads us to Mark Stone, who capped off a successful Stanley Cup run with a hat trick.
The Captain scored his first goal on a short-handed takeaway on Carter Verhaeage, leading to a breakaway in the first period. Here, he put a shot past Sergei Bobrovsky for the game's first goal, starting a goal frenzy. The second came off a one-timer feed from Brett Howden that blew the roof off T-Mobile Arena. Everyone was jumping and cheering in Las Vegas, getting ready to sing a certain song of victory.
The final goal was a simple empty net goal that put the exclamation point on the clinching game. Fans were going crazy all over Las Vegas, whether it was T-Mobile Arena, Toshiba Plaza, or the Circa Hotel. Although one can say Vegas would've had a dominating victory regardless of Stone's hat trick, the Captain's three-goal performance was the thing that started a goal-scoring barrage for the Golden Knights. That set the tone for an electric night in Las Vegas, with fans partying all night.