Top 5 Capitals moments of the season
#2 Gr800
On Dec. 13 against the Chicago Blackhawks on the road the Capitals won 7-3 in a game where Alex Ovechkin not only got a hat trick but his 798th, 799th and 800th career goals.
Ovechkin’s first came 24 seconds into the contest. Then he struck on the power play at 8:14. In the second period Trevor van Riemsdyk and Nic Dowd added to the scoring with Ovi assisting on TvR’s goal. But all eyes were on the great eight to see if he can reach 800.
He did at 6:34 and everyone went crazy. Even the Blackhawks fans chanted “Ovi!”. Anthony Mantha and Dmitry Orlov capped off the scoring for the visitors and on his way back to the locker room he was showered with beer by his teammates.
Ovechkin told the media after the game:
"“It’s a huge number. It’s the best company you ever can imagine since you start playing hockey to be connected to Gordie. Eight hundred, I’m the third person who ever scored that many goals. So without my teammates, without the organization, the fans, my family, I would never get that number and I would never talk to you right now about those numbers.”"
He is the third player ever to score 800 NHL goals. He pulled himself to within two of the number one moment…