With 95 seconds left in Saturday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings, Alex Ovechkin’s stat line contained just one goal.
But as soon as Detroit goalie Jonathan Bernier left the ice for an extra skater, Ovechkin entered beast mode, notching two empty-net goals in forty seconds to record his 24th career hat trick — the oddest hat trick of his career.
By Ian Oland 2 weeks ago
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin did his best to help the Capitals end their longest losing streak in four years.
The Russian machine scored a hat trick against the San Jose Sharks, the 23rd of his career, and registered four points.
Ovi’s third goal came in the third period and gave the Capitals a 6-4 lead. The Caps would lose in overtime 7-6, their sixth-straight loss.
By Ian Oland 11 months ago
Scratch that. Alex Ovechkin is now on pace for 74 goals this season.
After scoring a hat trick against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night, The Great 8 has followed that performance up with a hat trick against the Carolina Hurricanes.
This is insane. Alex Ovechkin has back-to-back hat tricks for a second consecutive season. r u srs bro?
By Ian Oland 12 months ago
Alex Ovechkin just scored a hat trick on RMNB’s ninth birthday.
After scoring in both the first and second periods, Ovi lit the lamp again in the third, sending a seeing-eye one-timer past Jimmy Howard.
The goal was Ovi’s third of the game, his 21st career hat trick.
The hats came flying down.
By Ian Oland 1 year ago
After scoring two goals in the first period, Alex Ovechkin netted a hat trick after being given a rare shift while protecting a Caps lead in the final minute.
Ovechkin, after some passionate forechecking with 10 seconds left to go, took a pass a pass from TJ Oshie and backhanded the puck into the back of the net for the empty-netter.
Several hats were thrown onto the Air Canada Centre ice.
