Alexander Ovechkin saved his march towards hockey historical past transferring ahead Sunday with a hat trick in opposition to the Edmonton Oilers.
His second-period tallies prolonged the Washington Capitals‘ result in 4-1, inching him ever nearer to Hockey Corridor of Famer and longtime Oiler Wayne Gretzky’s file (894).
The primary objective, a classic slap shot from “The Nice Eight,” was his twenty seventh objective of the season and the 880th of his profession.
Edmonton’s Calvin Pickard was additionally the 181st completely different goaltender Ovechkin has scored on in his profession, extending the NHL file he broke earlier this season.
He adopted that up along with his twenty eighth on the yr and his 881st all-time, a power-play strike from the left circle to make it a 4-1 recreation late within the interval.
Within the last interval, Ovechkin capped his dominant exhibiting with a hat trick, scoring his twenty ninth objective of the season (882nd total) on an empty netter and marking his first hat trick since March 2023 in opposition to the Islanders.
With simply 25 video games remaining within the common season, Ovechkin wants 13 targets to move Gretzky.
Washington (38-11-8) seems to be properly on its solution to a high playoff spot within the Jap Convention with firepower coming from nearly in all places on its roster.
