Alex Ovechkin Hat Trick

Alex Ovechkin scores natural hat trick in third period to beat Los Angeles Kings literally by himself

We should have known when Alex Ovechkin injured Capitals’ star rookie goaltender Ilya Samsonov during the morning skate. The Great 8’s shot was heavy and hard on this day and it translated into the game.

In the latter minutes of the third period with the Capitals down 2-1, Ovechkin took over. He scored goals on consecutive shifts to first tie and then give the Caps the lead. Three minutes and 14 seconds later, he added an empty-net goal from way downtown for his 27th career hat trick and his third in six games.

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Bloodied and ‘pissed’, Alex Ovechkin gets payback against Devils with 25th career hat trick

Early in the first period, Alex Ovechkin absorbed a painful high stick to his mouth from Miles Wood. The Devils forward would later apologize, but the errant stick sent a bloodied Ovechkin to the locker room.

“Obviously, I was a little mad,” Ovechkin said after the game. “It get me going.”

When the Russian machine returned (because he never breaks), he was determined to make the Devils pay. And pay they did.

Ovechkin tallied his 29th and 30th goals in the first period – two revenge goals. And in the third, he scored his 25th career hat trick – the most among all active players – to lead the Capitals to a 5-2 win.

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Alex Ovechkin’s 24th career hat trick is his most unlikeliest hat trick yet

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.

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