Selanne will be in Winnipeg on Saturday to play in the Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic Alumni Game (4 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, NHL.TV). Laine plays in the Heritage Classic on Sunday (3 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, TVA Sports 2, NHL.TV) against the Edmonton Oilers.
Laine scored 1:00 into the third period and tied the game with 55 seconds remaining in regulation. His hard, accurate and quick release featured on all three goals.
"I've never seen anybody score goals like Patrik Laine does in practice. Ever, in 20 years," Jets coach Paul Maurice said. "There are guys that are good shooters in practice and they can't seem to find a way to translate that into a game. But he has a gift, there's no question about it. It's a different shot."
It's a shot Laine has been perfecting for years.
"I've worked a lot to get my shot where it is right now," he said. "I've just learned on my own. I've watched a lot of videos from YouTube, old NHL players, (Washington Capitals captain Alex) Ovechkin and guys like that. I've just tried to learn on my own and make it better."
Laine's overtime winner also re-wrote Winnipeg Jets/Atlanta Thrashers history. Twice.
He became the first player in franchise history to score a game-tying goal with under 1:00 left and go on to score the game-winning goal in overtime, and also became the youngest player in franchise history at 18 years, 183 days to record a hat trick.
"It's one achievement more to my career," he said.
Laine said he celebrated his hat trick by eating half a bowl of ice cream. It was Smarties flavor and his girlfriend ate the other half.
"That was pretty good," Laine said. "My dad bought it."