Russian Washington Capitals striker Alexander Ovechkin scored his first hat-trick of the season in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season home match against Florida. This is stated on the official Washington Capitals page in Twitter.
Thus, the 36-year-old Ovechkin came out on the sixth place in the history of the NHL in the number of hat-tricks. The Russian scored at 23, 24, 45 minutes, these goals were 746th, 747th and 748th in the league.
At the moment, Washington is winning 4: 2. This season, Ovechkin has 36 points (18 goals, 18 assists) in 21 games. The meeting takes place in Washington (USA) at the Capital One Arena stadium.
Earlier it became known that Alexander Ovechkin overtook players Guy Lefleur and Brandan Shanahan in the list of the best scorers of the National Hockey League (NHL) of all time. The Russian with 1355 points bypassed Lefler (1353 points) and Shanahan (1354). According to this indicator, the Russian occupies the 26th place.
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