PHILADELPHIA — Flyers middle Scott Laughton felt an enormous sense of satisfaction when his second objective of the sport gave him 100 in his profession.
Laughton had one other main milestone in sight: He added two empty-net targets to tie Philadelphia’s group file of 4 targets in a recreation in a 4-1 victory over Detroit on Thursday night time.
“Form of get my recreation going, hopefully,” Laughton mentioned. “It was an superior night time.”
After scoring simply as soon as in his earlier 25 video games, Laughton had his second profession hat trick and have become the primary Flyers participant to attain 4 targets since John LeClair in 2002.
He is the tenth Flyers participant to attain 4 targets in a recreation and it is the seventeenth time a participant scored 4 targets.
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“For Scotty Laughton, you all the time hope good issues occur for him,” coach John Tortorella mentioned. “He works so laborious. He is the explanation we gained the sport.”
Laughton was greeted by a standing ovation by his teammates contained in the locker room who then mobbed him in celebration. They then introduced him with a professional wrestling championship belt stamped with the Flyers emblem.
The 30-year-old Laughton, who made his NHL debut with the Flyers in January 2013, scored the primary two targets the laborious means.
He opened the scoring within the second interval with a breakaway objective on a slap shot from the left circle. He added a short-handed objective within the third, tipping a cross from Travis Konecny as he crashed into the crease.
Laughton has been a gentle presence for the Flyers for greater than a decade however by no means scored greater than 18 targets in a season. He had simply three targets this season for a Flyers group that appears poised to lastly emerge from a prolonged rebuild and compete for his or her first playoff berth since 2020.
His first trick was Feb. 7, 2021, in opposition to Washington.
“I feel 100 targets, you do not have a look at it actually, however I have been within the league for a very long time and it is laborious to attain targets on this league,” Laughton mentioned. “To attain 100, it is fairly cool to me, fairly particular. I do know it isn’t a lot in comparison with some guys, nevertheless it feels fairly cool to get that.”
His final two targets got here on the empty-netters over the ultimate 70 seconds of the sport.
“It is fairly cool,” Laughton mentioned. “Two empty-netters however I do know all of them rely.”
