Two weeks after becoming the first player in Sunday Night history to reach 100 career points, Pato Gómez followed with a five-point masterpiece — a hat trick and two assists — to power Azul to a 5-0 demolition of the reeling defending champions at home. His opener was the game-winner, and the four-time Campeón Goleador now sits at 106 points, still number one all-time, his sixth hat trick tying Fermin Javier and Adrián Contreras for the most in Sunday Night history. His record point streak runs 22 games.
The rout was no one-man show. Lorenzo Torres Landa, the back-to-back Mejor Defensa, produced three points — two goals, one on the power play, plus an assist — to reach 36 career points, sixth all-time. Rafael Rincón, half of the father-and-son duo traded to Azul with son Patricio, fed the game-winning opener, while Season 5 champion Victor Galicia assisted the hat-trick marker. Negro's stars vanished: captain Weebo Gómez, fourth all-time and a two-time champion, and Alonso Carriles, fourth all-time in goals, were held off the sheet.
Eduardo Escobar turned aside all 25 shots for the first shutout of his career while Iñaki García stopped 25 of 30. Azul's power play hums at 23%, and their competition-best 90.7% save percentage and perfect kill mock Negro's worst-in-Sunday-Night marks. Azul stand alone in first, five clear on 10 points; Negro sink to last on a single point and a competition-worst minus-15, their title defense in ruins. A year after Negro beat them in the Season 6 Final, Azul left no doubt who owns the rivalry now.
