Patrik Laine successfully suppressed the emotion bubbling underneath the surface when he met with reporters after scoring a hat-trick goal in overtime to defeat the team that decided in June that another prospect - Auston Matthews - was more talented than him.

But we can hazard a guess at how he really feels.

Or better yet, we can turn to Mark Scheifele.

"He should be over the moon right now," Scheifele told reporters.

Laine called the moment "amazing," and couldn't help but chuckle to himself after labeling it a "normal regular-season game," but balked at attempts to lead him into admitting that he relished this performance even more because it came against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

"It's always nice to score," he said. "Everyone knows that. It's the best league in the world, and I scored three goals. It was amazing to help my team win with those goals.

"It was so cool."

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