Alex Ovechkin has posted the most career hat tricks by an active player, with 31 hat tricks.

Interpreted as:

most NHL regular-season hattricks active players

	NAME	HT	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	31	1,444	868	707	1,575	+60	825	316	272	5	1	132	26	6,690	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,676	553	778	1,152	20:43
2	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	17	705	358	397	755	+133	324	117	126	0	0	62	10	2,626	13.6	46	144	31.9	579	222	424	759	18:12
3	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	13	582	377	291	668	+142	124	95	88	0	1	62	13	2,358	16.0	4,493	8,496	52.9	408	569	569	452	19:50
4	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	13	1,112	562	590	1,152	+33	651	220	212	5	3	87	13	3,400	16.5	6,530	12,958	50.4	1,198	501	492	621	19:08
5	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	13	1,176	504	817	1,321	+38	1,174	180	319	4	1	84	13	3,747	13.5	5,823	12,994	44.8	696	496	1,007	1,133	19:38
6	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	13	1,303	600	1,026	1,626	+213	840	175	393	4	7	93	23	4,164	14.4	15,071	28,583	52.7	1,145	637	752	1,051	20:40
7	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	12	671	349	673	1,022	+157	257	83	261	8	9	71	16	2,303	15.2	3,701	7,742	47.8	509	265	643	606	21:41
8	John Tavares J. Tavares	12	1,137	468	597	1,065	-25	491	146	208	3	3	79	18	3,641	12.9	10,821	20,180	53.6	828	483	839	1,008	19:20
9	Patrik Laine P. Laine	10	485	207	185	392	-61	187	73	53	0	0	26	5	1,402	14.8	113	332	34.0	426	231	212	359	17:51
10	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	10	601	280	380	660	+79	368	97	144	0	0	46	5	1,716	16.3	925	1,827	50.6	380	320	370	301	20:25
11	Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	10	728	296	328	624	+32	319	78	115	6	1	55	11	2,308	12.8	32	94	34.0	1,051	335	586	584	18:03
12	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	9	828	313	438	751	+67	381	81	110	2	6	53	15	1,844	17.0	6,191	13,274	46.6	627	495	606	492	20:01
13	Patrick Kane P. Kane	9	1,254	474	820	1,294	+8	446	128	294	0	1	77	12	4,105	11.5	324	836	38.8	324	280	714	667	20:07
14	Corey Perry C. Perry	9	1,340	434	479	913	+43	1,442	120	163	6	4	75	6	3,388	12.8	97	320	30.3	1,262	484	504	685	16:46
15	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	8	626	261	326	587	+109	272	65	115	17	8	58	13	1,739	15.0	3,330	6,536	50.9	480	182	471	498	19:00
16	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	8	700	280	536	816	+152	212	72	179	0	1	45	10	1,909	14.7	12	58	20.7	211	135	395	575	19:41
17	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	8	748	368	524	892	+71	316	150	157	9	4	67	16	1,989	18.5	6,506	12,262	53.1	445	245	641	827	20:31
18	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	8	876	300	399	699	+30	245	115	124	13	15	42	8	2,288	13.1	6,852	13,784	49.7	1,044	539	535	553	18:21
19	Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	8	988	360	448	808	+88	305	94	139	2	4	62	10	3,213	11.2	5,037	9,402	53.6	812	354	439	550	18:05
20	Evander Kane E. Kane	8	930	326	291	617	-50	1,186	52	52	18	7	46	5	3,248	10.0	657	1,452	45.2	2,216	372	476	498	18:42
21	David Perron D. Perron	8	1,140	310	458	768	-2	815	84	157	4	3	45	9	2,438	12.7	207	534	38.8	1,418	294	566	389	16:48
22	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	7	726	274	303	577	-46	152	111	84	9	6	42	4	1,712	16.0	1,134	2,599	43.6	409	382	275	324	18:36
23	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	7	822	346	600	946	+151	368	96	206	2	2	67	14	3,295	10.5	5,047	11,001	45.9	579	440	440	576	20:25
24	Cameron Atkinson C. Atkinson	7	787	252	233	485	-11	187	47	60	19	0	51	7	2,296	11.0	105	288	36.5	394	385	364	279	17:25
25	Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	7	1,035	362	319	681	-138	447	75	88	0	0	46	7	3,258	11.1	757	1,701	44.5	467	246	740	585	16:53