The Tkachuk brothers absolutely lit up the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night, smashing NHL records in a wild 7-3 victory for the Florida Panthers. Brady Tkachuk blasted in a natural hat trick, and get this: his brother Matthew Tkachuk set up *all three* of those goals with assists. That’s some serious sibling synergy, and it makes Brady the ninth player in NHL history to have his brother assist on a hat trick, a feat not seen since Daniel and Henrik Sedin pulled it off back in 2015.
The Tkachuk Takeover on Ice
The Panthers actually started trailing 1-0 in Columbus, but Brady turned that around quick. He ripped off the third-fastest hat trick in Panthers franchise history, scoring all three goals in just over eight minutes during the second period. This wasn’t just any hat trick, either. That initial goal was the first time the Tkachuk brothers had even combined for a tally since they played for Team USA during the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics! Brady’s hat trick also marks him as the eighth Panthers player to record a natural hat trick, with Matthew being the last to do it in 2024. But Matthew wasn’t done making history himself. Later in that same second frame, both Tkachuk brothers assisted on a Carter Verhaeghe goal. That helper for Matthew actually set a franchise record for assists in a single period!
Brothers Breaking Records and the Stakes
Matthew kept dishing it out, assisting on a Sam Reinhart goal early in the third period too. When the final buzzer sounded, Matthew had an insane five assists on the night (0 goals, 5 assists, 5 points), while Brady racked up three goals and one assist for four points. Their combined nine points for the game? Yeah, that makes them the first pair of brothers and teammates to hit that mark in a single game since the Sedin twins in 2015. Talk about a brother act! Brady even admitted feeling the pressure before this huge night. “For sure, felt that pressure… felt like I wasn’t doing my job, and wasn’t good enough, but knew eventually it was going to come,” he told ESPN after the win. Before this four-point outburst, Brady had only recorded a single assist through his first six games playing alongside Matthew and the Panthers.
This epic performance couldn’t have come at a better time for the Panthers. They had dropped four of their last five games and are dealing with some major injury woes, losing key players like Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand. Both are expected to be out for at least the next month. The Panthers, sitting at a 3-2-2 record, desperately need this kind of production from the Tkachuk brothers to keep their season on track. Speaking of big wins, how about our Seattle Kraken? They went out and pulled off a massive 3-2 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers tonight. Let’s GO Kraken!
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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.
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