who was the first player to score a hat trick nhl

Cy Denneny got a hat trick against the Canadiens on December 19, 1917.

	NAME	DATE	HT	TM		OPP	G	A	P	PIM	GWG	OTG
1	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	12/19/1917	1	SEN	vs	MTL	3	1	4	0	0	0
2	Joe Malone J. Malone	12/19/1917	1	MTL	@	SEN	5	0	5	0	1	0
3	Harry Hyland H. Hyland	12/19/1917	1	MWN	vs	TAN	5	0	5	0	0	0
4	Reg Noble R. Noble	12/19/1917	1	TAN	@	MWN	4	0	4	6	0	0
5	Corb Denneny C. Denneny	12/22/1917	1	TAN	vs	SEN	3	1	4	0	0	0
6	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	12/22/1917	1	SEN	@	TAN	3	0	3	5	0	0
7	Harry Meeking H. Meeking	12/22/1917	1	TAN	vs	SEN	3	0	3	0	0	0
8	Reg Noble R. Noble	12/22/1917	1	TAN	vs	SEN	3	1	4	3	1	0
9	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	12/22/1917	1	MTL	@	MWN	3	0	3	0	0	0
10	Joe Malone J. Malone	12/22/1917	1	MTL	@	MWN	3	0	3	3	0	0
11	Harry Cameron H. Cameron	12/26/1917	1	TAN	vs	MTL	4	1	5	5	1	0
12	Bert Corbeau B. Corbeau	12/26/1917	1	MTL	@	TAN	3	0	3	0	0	0
13	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	12/29/1917	1	SEN	vs	MWN	4	1	5	0	1	0
14	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	12/29/1917	1	MTL	vs	TAN	4	0	4	0	0	0
15	Eddie Gerard E. Gerard	1/2/1918	1	SEN	vs	TAN	3	1	4	3	0	0
16	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	1/5/1918	1	MTL	vs	SEN	3	1	4	0	0	0
17	Joe Malone J. Malone	1/12/1918	1	MTL	vs	SEN	5	2	7	0	1	0
18	Jack Darragh J. Darragh	1/14/1918	1	SEN	vs	TAN	3	2	5	0	0	0
19	Corb Denneny C. Denneny	1/14/1918	1	TAN	@	SEN	3	0	3	0	0	0
20	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	1/14/1918	1	SEN	vs	TAN	3	0	3	0	0	0
21	Didier Pitre D. Pitre	1/19/1918	1	MTL	vs	TAN	3	0	3	0	1	0
22	Joe Hall J. Hall	1/21/1918	1	MTL	@	SEN	3	0	3	3	1	0
23	Harry Hyland H. Hyland	1/23/1918	1	SEN	@	MTL	3	0	3	3	1	0
24	Joe Malone J. Malone	1/30/1918	1	MTL	@	SEN	4	0	4	6	1	0
25	Joe Malone J. Malone	2/2/1918	1	MTL	vs	TAN	5	0	5	0	0	0