Watch Kyle Palmieri collect his first hat trick

The Anaheim Ducks started 2013 strong even as Ryan Getzlaf and especially Corey Perry struggled. Now that they’re on fire, the Ducks are reaping the benefits – and so is young forward Kyle Palmieri.

He made some great plays of his own to score the first hat trick of his career – a natural one, at that – in the Anaheim Ducks’ dominant 5-1 win against the Nashville Predators on Wednesday.

Here’s video of that trio:

Interestingly, Perry and Getzlaf assisted on all three of his consecutive goals. In fact, the box score read the same each time: Perry provided the primary helper while Getzlaf got the secondary one.

Palmieri now has seven goals on the season. The Ducks’ Twitter feed provided some interesting nuggets:

• That’s the 40th hat trick and the 15th player to record one in franchise history.
• It’s the sixth natural hat trick by a Ducks player.
• At 22, he’s the second-youngest to get a trio; Bobby Ryan did it when he was 21.