A look at every hat trick in Capitals history
The Washington Capitals have had amazing games that included several players recording a hat trick. This post will take a look at every hat trick in Capitals history, from their first season in 1974 all the way through last season.
Alex Ovechkin alone had 28 of them.
Here’s a list of all 153 hat tricks in Capitals history. This will be listed by player name, date, opponent, how many goals that player scored, and the final score. The asterisk next to the date means the hat trick occurred in the playoffs. I’ve included video of my favorite ones.
Ron Lalonde 3/30/75 vs. Detroit Red Wings 3 5-8
Stan Gilbertson 4/6/75 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 4 8-4
Tony White 10/26/75 at CBH 3 7-5
Hartland Monahan 11/12/75 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 3 6-6
Tony White 2/21/76 at Detroit Red Wings 3 5-1
Ace Bailey 2/28/78 vs. CLR 3 7-4
Guy Charron 3/18/78 vs. CLE 3 8-3
Guy Charron 3/28/78 vs. Boston Bruins 3 4-4
Mark Lofthouse 12/9/78 at Vancouver Canucks 3 7-5
Dennis Maruk 1/12/79 vs. CLR 3 8-1
Tom Rowe 3/10/79 vs. St. Louis Blues 4 7-5
Dennis Maruk 10/14/79 at New York Rangers 4 5-3
Mike Gartner 12/1/79 vs. QUE 3 7-2
Guy Charron 12/26/79 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 8-2
Mike Gartner 3/5/80 vs. St. Louis Blues 3 7-5
Mike Gartner 10/18/80 vs. New York Rangers 4 8-2
Dennis Maruk 11/12/80 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 3-1
Dennis Maruk 11/15/80 at HAR 3 8-4
Jean Pronovost 12/6/80 vs. CLR 3 8-6
Bob Kelly 12/7/81 at Los Angeles Kings 3 4-4
Dennis Maruk 3/8/81 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 3 7-3
Mike Gartner 3/24/81 at Philadelphia Flyers 3 5-2
Dennis Maruk 4/5/81 vs. Detroit Red Wings 3 7-2
Dennis Maruk 11/21/81 vs. Philadelphia Flyers 3 10-4
Toom Tookey 11/21/81 vs. Philadelphia Flyers 3 10-4
Mike Gartner 12/2/81 vs. CGY 3 9-3
Dennis Maruk 12/4/81 vs. Winnipeg Jets 4 7-3
Dennis Maruk 2/7/82 vs. QUE 3 5-5
Bob Carpenter 2/25/82 vs. St. Louis Blues 4 9-1
Chris Valentine 2/27/82 vs. Hartford 4 7-1
Dennis Maruk 3/5/82 vs. CGY 3 8-6
Ken Houston 10/21/82 at New York Islanders 3 3-6
Alan Haworth 2/24/83 at CGY 3 4-2
Mike Gartner 3/13/83 vs. Boston Bruins 3 6-4
Mike Gartner 10/30/83 at Winnipeg Jets 3 7-3
Bengt Ake Gustafsson 12/23/83 vs. New York Islanders 3 7-3
Bengt Ake Gustafsson 1/8/84 at Philadelphia Flyers 5 7-1
Alan Haworth 10/28/84 at Vancouver Canucks 3 5-2
Mike Gartner 2/21/85 at Vancouver Canucks 3 6-2
Mike Gartner 10/29/85 vs. St. Louis Blues
Mike Gartner 1/4/86 vs. New Jersey Devils 3 9-3
Mike Gartner 3/15/86 at St. Louis Blues 3 5-4
Mike Gartner 2/20/87 at Vancouver Canucks 4 6-3
Greg Adams 3/17/87 vs. Los Angels Kings 3 4-5
Mike Gartner 10/10/87 vs. Chicago Blackhawks 3 6-4
Dave Christian 12/8/87 vs. New Jersey Devils 3 8-5
Mike Ridley 10/11/88 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 7-8
Dave Christian 10/15/88 vs. New Jersey Devils 3 8-5
Mike Ridley 12/6/88 vs. Philadelphia Flyers 3 4-3
Geoff Courtnall 3/9/89 at Boston Bruins 3 7-2
Dino Ciccarelli 3/18/89 at Hartford Whalers 4 8-2
Geoff Courtnall 1/28/90 vs. Philadelphia Flyers 3 7-2
Dino Ciccarelli 2/5/90 vs. QUE 4 12-2
Dino Ciccarelli 4/5/90* at New Jersey Devils 3 5-4
John Druce 4/21/90* at New York Rangers 3 6-3
Peter Bondra 11/28/90 at New York Rangers 3 6-3
Mike Ridley 12/7/90 vs. New Jersey Devils 3 5-2
Dino Ciccarelli 2/8/91 vs. Edmonton Oilers 3 6-3
Michal Pivonka 12/26/91 vs. New York Rangers 3 6-8
John Druce 12/9/92 vs. San Jose Sharks 3 6-2
Dale Hunter 3/20/92 vs. Philadelphia Flyers 3 6-7
Dino Ciccarelli 4/25/92* at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 7-2
Kevin Hacher 1/13/93 at New York Rangers 3 4-5
Dmitri Khristich 2/11/93 at St. Louis Blues 3 10-6
Dmitri Khristich 3/19/93 vs. HAR 3 5-2
Dale Hunter 4/20/93* vs. New York Islanders 3 4-5
Al Iafrate 4/26/93* vs. New York Islanders 3 6-4
Randy Burridge 10/22/93 vs. Los Angeles Kings 3 6-3
Peter Bondra 2/5/94 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 5 6-3
Randy Burridge 3/15/94 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 5-4
Todd Krygier 4/9/94 vs. Ottawa Senators 3 8-4
Peter Bondra 4/21/95 vs. Hartford Whalers 3 6-3
Steve Konowalchuk 12/10/95 at Winnipeg Jets 3 6-1
Steve Konowalchuk 1/5/96 vs. New York Rangers 3 4-4
Peter Bondra 1/11/96 vs. Ottawa Senators 3 6-1
Peter Bondra 2/3/96 vs. New York Islanders 4 6-5
Peter Bondra 3/26/96 at New York Islanders 3 7-1
Peter Bondra 4/3/96 at Buffalo Sabres 4 5-1
Joe Juneau 11/1/96 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 3 4-2
Peter Bondra 12/13/96 at MDA 3 4-5
Peter Bondra 3/6/97 vs. Colorado Avalanche 4 6-3
Jaroslav Svejkovsky 4/13/97 at Buffalo Sabres 4 8-3
Adam Oates 10/8/97 at New York Islanders 3 6-3
Peter Bondra 1/8/98 at New York Rangers 3 5-3
Peter Bondra 11/7/98 at Ottawa Senators 3 8-5
Peter Bondra 2/3/99 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 4 10-1
Peter Bondra 2/5/99 vs. Carolina Hurricanes 3 4-1
Peter Bondra 10/12/99 vs. Philadelphia Flyers 3 5-4
Sergei Gonchar 1/4/00 vs. Montreal Canadiens 3 6-1
Richard Zednik 10/31/00 vs. Detroit Red Wings 3 6-2
Steve Konowalchuk 11/18/00 at Philadelphia Flyers 3 3-5
Peter Bondra 12/27/00 at Ottawa Senators 4 5-1
Peter Bondra 2/1/01 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 3 5-4
Peter Bondra 3/9/01 vs. New York Rangers 3 5-3
Peter Bondra 3/10/02 vs. Edmonton Oilers 3 4-2
Jaromir Jagr 1/11/03 vs. Florida Panthers 3 12-2
Jaromir Jagr 2/4/03 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1
Robert Lang 11/12/03 vs. Carolina Hurricanes 3 7-1
Peter Bondra 11/29/03 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 5-3
Alex Ovechkin 1/13/06 at Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3 3-2
Chris Clark 3/18/06 vs. Florida Panthers 3 3-4
Alexander Semin 10/7/06 vs. Carolina Hurricanes 3 5-2
Alex Ovechkin 12/15/06 at Atlanta Thrashers 3 3-2
Chris Clark 3/15/07 at Boston Bruins 3 3-4
Alexander Semin 3/18/07 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 3 7-1
Alex Ovechkin 12/29/07 at Ottawa Senators 4 8-6
Alex Ovechkin 1/31/08 vs. Montreal Canadiens 4 5-4
Alex Ovechkin 3/3/08 vs. Boston Bruins 3 10-2
Alex Ovechkin 11/26/08 vs. Atlanta Thrashers 3 5-3
Alex Ovechkin 2/1/09 vs. Ottawa Senators 3 7-4
Alex Ovechkin 2/15/09 at Florida Panthers 3 4-2
Alex Ovechkin 5/4/09* vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 3 4-3
Alex Ovechkin 2/7/10 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 3 5-4
Brooks Laich 2/10/10 at Montreal Canadiens 3 5-6
Alexander Semin 2/11/10 at Ottawa Senators 3 5-6
Nicklas Backstrom 4/17/10* vs. Montreal Canadiens 3 6-5
Alexander Semin 10/23/10 vs. Atlanta Thrashers 3 4-3
Alexander Semin 11/11/10 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 3 6-3
Alexander Semin 11/26/10 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 3 6-0
Alex Ovechkin 1/22/11 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 4-1
Alexander Semin 2/16/11 at Anaheim Ducks 3 7-6
Troy Brouwer 1/13/12 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 3 4-3
Mathieu Perrault 1/24/12 vs. Boston Bruins 3 5-3
Alex Ovechkin 2/23/13 vs. New Jersey Devils 3 5-1
Alex Ovechkin 4/6/13 at Florida Panthers 3 4-3
Mikhail Grabovski 10/1/13 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 4-6
Joel Ward 11/1/13 at Philadelphia Flyers 3 7-0
Alex Ovechkin 12/10/13 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 4 6-5
Nicklas Backstrom 12/13/4 vs. Tampa Bay Lighting 3 4-2
Evgeny Kuznetsov 10/23/15 at Edmonton Oilers 3 7-4
Justin Williams 1/17/16 vs. New York Rangers 3 5-2
Alex Ovechkin 2/11/16 at Minnesota Wild 3 4-3
Alex Ovechkin 4/9/16 at St. Louis Blues 3 5-1
T.J. Oshie 4/28/16* vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 3 4-3
Alex Ovechkin 11/23/16 vs. St. Louis Blues 3 4-3
T.J. Oshie 3/18/17 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 5-3
Alex Ovechkin 3/28/17 at Minnesota Wild 3 5-4
Alex Ovechkin 10/5/17 at Ottawa Senators 3 5-4
Alex Ovechkin 10/7/17 vs. Montreal Canadiens 4 6-1
Alex Ovechkin 11/25/17 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 4-2
Nicklas Backstrom 11/30/18 vs. New Jersey Devils 3 6-3
Alex Ovechkin 12/11/18 vs. Detroit Red Wings 3 6-2
Alex Ovechkin 12/14/18 at Carolina Hurricanes 3 6-5
Alex Ovechkin 1/22/19 vs. San Jose Sharks 3 6-7
Jakub Vrana 11/3/19 vs. Calgary Flames 3 4-2
Alex Ovechkin 11/30/19 at Detroit Red Wings 3 5-2
Alex Ovechkin 1/16/20 vs. New Jersey Devils 3 5-2
Alex Ovechkin 1/18/20 at New York Islanders 3 6-4
Alex Ovechkin 2/4/20 vs. Los Angeles Kings 3 4-2
T.J. Oshie 5/5/21 at New York Rangers 3 4-2
T.J. Oshie 10/25/21 at Ottawa Senators 3 7-5
Alex Ovechkin 11/26/21 vs. Florida Panthers 3 4-3
Evgeny Kuznetsov 3/11/22 at Vancouver Canucks 3 4-3