April 23

In 1996, Wayne Gretzky picked up three assists as St. Louis won 5-1 over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs to give the Blues a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference Quarter-Final series.

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In 1997, Wayne Gretzky scored a natural hat trick (his league-record 9th playoff hat trick) within a span of 6:23 during the second period, as the Rangers won 3-2 over the visting Panthers, in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals.
 

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