Gaborik gets 3rd Hat trick of the season

[Don Cherry]

Gaborik leads league in scoring with 18 goals

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Marian Gaborik scored three goals for his third hat trick of the season and fifth of his career as the Minnesota Wild snapped a five-game winless streak with a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.


Gaborik, who missed Friday's practice because of a charley horse Thursday night in Calgary, assumed the league lead in scoring with 18 goals.


Gaborik scored on a pair of wrist shots early in the second period and scored on a lucky bounce in the third.


With the Canucks pressing for a tie, Gaborik redirected Wes Walz's centering pass in the high slot 3:48 into the third. The puck hit a Vancouver defenseman, fluttered high in the air and bounced past a stunned Dan Cloutier.

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[Don Cherry]

Gaborik is amazing. He's instant offense. He and The Thrasher's Kovalchuk are amazing. And the both of them aren't old enough to buy a beer yet. Kovalchuk is 2nd in Goals with 17.