Laine gets hat trick at home in Finland

Patrik Laine could hardly find a better place than his native Finland to show off his high-scoring instincts.

Laine had a hat trick as the Winnipeg Jets grabbed a 4-2 victory against the Florida Panthers in a regularseason game in the Finnish capital of Helsinki Thursday.

He scored in the second period and twice in the third, including an empty-netter, in the opener of a back-toback series between the teams in front of a roaring sellout crowd of 13,500 at Hartwall Arena.

“I don’t think you can imagine how good that feels,” Laine said. “It’s good to be home and score all those goals back here. It’s pretty awesome.”

“Tonight was a good example of what we see from [Laine] so often,” Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. “He scored three but I think he could have had seven.”

With an assist on defenseman Keith Yandle’s goal, Florida forward Mike Hoffman extended his point streak to eight games, and center Nick Bjugstad had the 100th assist of his career.

Bruins

Boston sent struggling forward Ryan Donato to their Providence farm club in the AHL Thursday. In 11 games this season, Donato has one goal and had trouble at both ends of the ice. With center David Backes close to returning from a concussion, Donato was likely to get less time on the ice.

Elsewhere

• Slava Voynov, a former Los Angeles Kings defenseman who was suspended indefinitely by the NHL and served jail time for domestic assault, has formally applied for reinstatement to the league.

• Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league plans a season-opening game in Prague and another two games in Stockholm next season.