Alex Ovechkin became the third NHL player to score 800 career goals after scoring a hat trick in the Washington Capitals’ 7-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Ovechkin scored his first goal 24 seconds into the game. He lit the lamp so quickly, ESPN missed the moment, as the four-letter network was caught in a pre-game split screen.
That goal was Ovechkin’s 136 game-opening goal. With it, he surpassed Jaromir Jagr for the most game-opening tallies in NHL history.
Ovechkin didn’t wait long to score his second of the night and No. 799 in his career. Capitals forward T.J. Oshie found Ovechkin sinking behind Blackhawks goaltender Petr Mrazek. Ovechkin deposited the puck in for the power play goal 8:14 into the first period.
Alex Ovechkin became the third NHL player to score 800 career goals after scoring a hat-trick in the Washington Capitals’ 7-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Ovechkin scored his first goal 24 seconds into the game. He lit the lamp so quickly ESPN missed the moment. The four-letter network got caught in a pre-game split screen.
That goal was Ovechkin’s 136 game-opening goal. With it, he surpassed Jamir Jagr for the most game-opening tallies in NHL history.
Ovechkin didn’t wait long to score his second of the night and No. 799 in his career. Capitals forward T.J. Oshie found Ovechkin sinking behind Blackhawks goaltender Petr Mrazek. Ovechkin deposited the puck for the power play goal 8:14 into the first period.
By the third period, the Capitals led 4-2 when Ovechkin blew the scoring open with his historic hat trick.
Ovechkin joins Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky as the only NHL players to reach 800 career goals. Ovechkin is now two goals shy of surpassing Howe’s 801 for second on the all-time goals list.
The Capitals went on to beat the Blackhawks 7-3. After the win, Caps players greeted Ovechkin, dousing him with water, and celebrated the moment with him.
Ovechkin boosted his tally this season to 20 goals. Sitting at 800 in his career, Ovechkin is 95 goals away from surpassing Gretzky for the most scored all-time.
