TORONTO, EDMONTON ERUPT FOR SEVEN GOALS ON HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA . . .
The Maple Leafs and Oilers each scored seven goals en route to wins against the Red Wings and Canadiens, respectively, during Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada games:

* Michael Bunting scored the second hat trick of his NHL career (also April 5, 2021 w/ ARI) and became the first Maple Leafs rookie with three goals in a game since Andreas Johnsson on Nov. 24, 2018. Bunting (12-15—27 in 40 GP) is now one goal back of Predators forward Tanner Jeannot (13-13—26 in 45 GP), who owns the most among NHL rookies this season.

* Zach Hyman (2-1—3) scored the 98th and 99th goals of his NHL career and recorded his first three-point game since joining Edmonton during the offseason, while Leon Draisaitl (2-0—2) eclipsed 30 tallies on the season as the Oilers extended their winning streak to four contests. Draisaitl (31-30—61 in 40 GP) reached the 30-goal mark for a fourth consecutive campaign and moved into a tie with Rangers forward Chris Kreider (31-13—44 in 45 GP) for first place in the NHL’s goal-scoring race.

* Did You Know?Derek Ryan, who put Edmonton up 7-2 Saturday, played four seasons with the University of Alberta Golden Bears from 2007-08 to 2010-11 before making his League debut on March 1, 2016 (w/ CAR).

. . . JETS, FLAMES AND DUCKS ALSO EARN HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA WINS

* Paul Stastny (36 years, 33 days) tallied twice and became the first player age 36 or older to record a multi-goal game with the Jets since the franchise relocated to Winnipeg in 2011-12. The only player age 36 or older who scored multiple goals in a game with the original Winnipeg Jets was Bobby Hull (40 years, 315 days) on Nov. 14, 1979.

* Jacob Markstrom (15 saves) recorded his League-leading seventh shutout of the season as the Flames (21-13-6, 48 points) blanked his former club and moved within three points of the Kings (22-16-7, 51 points), who occupy third place in the Pacific Division. The only goaltender in Flames franchise history with more than seven shutouts in a season is Miikka Kiprusoff, who had 10 in 2005-06 en route to winning the Vezina Trophy.

* Troy Terry (25-16—41 in 42 GP) scored the game winner to reach the 25-goal mark for the first time in his NHL career and John Gibson made a season-high 44 saves as the Ducks (24-16-8, 54 points) remained one point back of the Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights (26-16-3, 55 points), who also triumphed Saturday. Gibson generated the 163rd win of his NHL career and hurdled Jonas Hiller (162) for sole possession of third place on the franchise’s all-time list.

THORNTON FACING SHARKS FEATURED IN #NHLSTATS: LIVE UPDATES
Saturday’s edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates features several more notes from the 10-game slate including Panthers forward Joe Thornton, who skated parts of 15 seasons with the Sharks from 2005-06 to 2019-20, facing San Jose for the first time since Nov. 6, 2003 (w/ BOS). The 18 years and 84 days between Thornton’s appearances against the Sharks was the longest span by an NHL player versus one franchise – the previous mark was held by goaltender Moe Roberts, who was famously inserted by the Black Hawks into a game against the Red Wings on Nov. 25, 1951, which was 18 years and 13 days after he last faced them on Nov. 12, 1933 (w/ NYA).

Joe Thornton (left) and longtime teammate Brent Burns (right) played 609 regular-season games and 70 playoff contests together with the Sharks (photo via @FlaPanthers)

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ZUCCARELLO EYES SEVENTH STRAIGHT MULTI-POINT OUTING SUNDAY
Mats Zuccarello and the Wild (26-10-3, 55 points) will continue their road trip with a stop at UBS Arena to take on the Islanders (15-15-6, 36 points) during a seven-game Sunday. Zuccarello has multiple points in each of his last six outings (4-9—13) – only four active players have posted a longer run: Connor McDavid (8 GP in 2018-19, 7 GP twice in 2020-21), Leon Draisaitl (7 GP in 2020-21), Nikita Kucherov (7 GP in 2018-19) and Auston Matthews (7 GP in 2018-19).