OREANDA-NEWS   Russian forward of the Toronto Maple Leafs Kirill Marchenko scored a hat trick in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match against the Buffalo Sabres. This is reported by the correspondent of " <url>".

The meeting took place on the night of Friday, October 16. The main time ended with a score of 4:4, and in overtime, Buffalo won thanks to a goal by Owen Power.

For Marchenko, the match was the 300th in the NHL. In total, he scored 217 points (106 goals and 111 assists) during his league career. This season, the Russian has scored 9 points (4+5) in eight matches.

On September 30, Marchenko set a record for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 21st century. The Russian scored an assist in the 48th second of his debut match for the team.