Namestnikov's overtime winner caps 1st career hat trick

Vladislav Namestnikov picked an opportune time to notch a milestone.

The Tampa Bay Lightning forward scored the overtime winner to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Friday night, and in doing so, he earned the first hat trick of his NHL career.

Namestnikov told reporters it was his first hat trick since he was in junior with the OHL's London Knights, according to Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times.

Congrats on your first career @NHL hat trick, @Vladdy18!Here's to many more ai(C) pic.twitter.com/4ppXbHYER0

- Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) January 16, 2016

The 23-year-old center opened the scoring less than two minutes into the game and added a power-play goal midway through the second period before notching the winner.

Namestnikov has nine goals and 14 assists in 45 games.

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