#7 Ovechkin’s hat trick vs. Islanders
Just two days after Ovechkin had a hat trick against the Devils, Ovechkin followed that up with a hat trick performance in Long Island against the New York Islanders. Ovechkin put the Caps up 1-0 at 10:22 but in typical fashion, the Islanders took over after that.
Brock Nelson and Casey Cizikas both scored to put the Islanders up 2-1 after the first period. The Islanders added two more in the second period to go up 4-1 thanks to Jordan Eberle and Devon Towes. Thankfully the Caps showed no quit in them and mounted the comeback.
In the third Carl Hagelin scored and Ovechkin would later add his second goal of the game. Tom Wilson would tie it before Jakub Vrana would give the Caps the lead for good. Ovechkin put the game away with an empty net goal to complete the hat trick.
The cool part about Ovechkin scoring a hat trick in this game was that he passed Mario Lemieux’s goal scoring record and Joe Beninati even said “move over Mario” after the golden goal where Ovechkin scored it.
This game also marked a game where the Caps were able to win it in regulation in one of their epic comebacks of the season.