By Ethan Haas — Dec 4, 2023

94 Morning Report: December 4th, 2023

2 hat tricks and the Kings continue to roll in an exciting night of hockey.

Results from December 3rd, 2023

Home	Away	Score	Matchup Probability
Minnesota Wild	Chicago Blackhawks	4:1	59.7% : 40.3%
New York Rangers	San Jose Sharks	6:5	82.7% : 17.3%
Buffalo Sabres	Nashville Predators	1:2	48.9% : 51.1%
Boston Bruins	Columbus Blue Jackets	3:1	76.5% : 23.5%
Los Angeles Kings	Colorado Avalanche	4:1	57.5% : 42.5%

Artemi Panarin scored his first career hat trick and added an assists in the Rangers' 6-5 win against San Jose.
- Panarin has 5 goals and 9 points in the last 5 games.
- Jonny Brodzinksi 4 points in his last 2 games and has a 7.59 Points per 60 after being recalled on November 29th.
Brad Marchand scored 3 for his first hat trick of the season as the Bruins beat the Blue Jackets 3-1.
- Charlie McAvoy's 2 assists and 24.5 minutes of TOI last night puts McAvoy at 2.45 Points per Game in the last 4 games.
Mats Zuccarrello had a goal and 2 assists and Marco Rossi scored twice in the Wild's win vs the Blackhawks.
- Zuccarrelo has 6.2 Points per 60 in the last 5 games and is leading the Wild with 26 points.
- The Wild have been shooting close to or above their average unblocked shot attempts (45.4) in the last 4 posting 45 unblocked shot attempts lat night and 50, 52 and 49 in the previous 3 games.
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Avalanche and are now 2nd in the Power Rankings as the Bruins are in 3rd and the Rangers remain in 1st.

**Top 5 Teams**
Team	Project 94 Rating	5 Game Trend	5 Game Win%
New York Rangers	717.074	+4.217	80.0% 🔥
Los Angeles Kings	672.827	+11.082	80.0% 🔥
Boston Bruins	668.733	+6.673	60.0%
Dallas Stars	639.596	-13.165	40.0%
Vegas Golden Knights	627.031	-4.728	40.0%

Home Team	Home Win Probability	Away Team	Away Win Probability
Tampa Bay Lightning	36.5%	Dallas Stars	63.5%
Philadelphia Flyers	54.7%	Pittsburgh Penguins	45.3%
Montreal Canadiens	58.5%	Seattle Kraken	41.5%
Winnipeg Jets	52.8%	Carolina Hurricanes	47.2%
Arizona Coyotes	55.5%	Washington Capitals	44.5%
Vegas Golden Knights	61.0%	St. Louis Blues	39.0%