Alex Ovechkin shined with his thirty-fourth hat trick in his career, Ivan Miroshnichenko contributed with two goals, and the Washington Capitals achieved a 7-4 victory against the Utah Mammoth, breaking a two-game losing streak.
Ovechkin scored his first goal at 5:01 of the second period, reducing Utah’s lead to 3-2. He tied the score 3-3 with 8:32 remaining in the second period.
The player completed his hat trick with an empty-net goal with 5.2 seconds left in the game. With this achievement, Ovechkin surpassed Brett Hull in NHL history in terms of the number of hat tricks.Alex Ovechkin achieved his 184th career multi-goal game. Only Wayne Gretzky (189) has more in NHL history.Ovechkin has achieved hat tricks against 21 different franchises, surpassing Hull to lead NHL history in this regard.
Anthony Beauvillier and Rasmus Sandin also contributed goals for the Capitals, while Logan Thompson made 35 saves to secure the victory.
