Islanders Kyle Palmieri Records First Period Natural Hat Trick vs. Bruins

ELMONT, NY -- After two straight wins, the New York Islanders needed to find a way to keep it going against the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. 

"It's important to have a good start tonight," Islanders head coach Patrick Roy said Saturday morning.

Kyle Palmieri gave them a good start, alright. 

The 33-year-old forward got the Islanders on the board early and often, scoring a natural hat trick in 8:47:

At 3:32 of the first, Palmieri beat Bruins netminder Linus Ullmark under his glove off the rush.

At 5:27 of the first, Palmieri banked home a rebound off a Bo Horvat shot while on the power play to give New York a 2-0 lead:

And for the natural hat trick, Palmieri tapped home a rebound after a Ryan Pulock shot at 12:19 of the first. 

Here's all three:

The UBS crowd sent the hats flying:

With 18 goals on the season, Palmieri has his best goal-scoring season since 2019-20 where he scored 25. 

Palmieri's 35 points are the most since recording 45 in 2019-20. 

Here's more facts about Palmieri's third career hat trick:

-He became the third play in Islander history to record a natural hat trick in the first period

-It's the seventh third-period hat trick in Islanders history and first in more than 17 years

-It's the fastest hat trick into a game in Islanders history

-It's the first first-period hat trick since Jason Blake did so on Feb. 27, 2007