We have now reached the point in Alex Ovechkin’s legendary career where almost every goal he scores and almost every point he tallies is historic. Wednesday night, Ovechkin tallied three goals – his 16th career hat trick. Let me put that in perspective for you.
According to @StatsCentre, the official stats account for TSN’s SportsCentre, that tied Ovechkin with former Capitals forward Peter Bondra for the most hat tricks since the 1995-96 season. Ovechkin played his first game on October 5, 2005.
Even though he didn't enter the NHL until a decade later, no player has recorded more hat tricks since the 1995-96 season than Alex Ovechkin pic.twitter.com/N3uzPd7acL
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) November 24, 2016
It also made Ovechkin first among all active players, passing Jaromir Jagr.
Ovechkin got his 16th hat trick tonight, making him 1st among active NHL players. Guess who he passed? Jagr. https://t.co/BHx6mpFpbe
— Katie Brown (@katiebhockey) November 24, 2016
The game was also Ovechkin’s 110th multi-goal game, putting him in some rare air.
Ovechkin has the most since the 1995-96 season.
#Caps Alex Ovechkin ranks first in the NHL in multi-goal games (110) since 1995-96 (His first NHL season was 2005-06).
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) November 24, 2016
He’s second if you go back to the 1994-95 season.
Alex Ovechkin passes Jaromir Jagr and moves one behind Teemu Selanne for the NHL's most multi-goal games (110)… since the 1994-95 season!
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) November 24, 2016
And he’s seventh if you go back to the 1987-88 season.
Even going back 3 decades, Alex Ovechkin's top 7 on this list- has already replicated Brendan Shanahan's entire career multi-goal game total pic.twitter.com/tXlTaGOD8P
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) November 24, 2016
When Ovechkin scores his 200th power play goal, he will become the 18th player in NHL history to do so.
#Caps Alex Ovechkin now sits one power-play goal shy of becoming the 18th player in NHL history to score 200 power-play goals.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) November 24, 2016
Finally, Ovechkin’s third goal ended up being the game-winning goal last night. It moved him ahead of Wayne Gretzky. He now sits 13th all time.
Alex Ovechkin got his career GWG #92, passing Wayne Gretzky & Mark Recchi to tie Mark Messier, Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick for 13th all-time
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) November 24, 2016
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