18 Peter Bondra 5 goal game
On Feb. 5, 1994 Peter Bondra recorded five goals in a home ice win against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Caps would go on to win 6-3 in an early birthday present for the team's best goal scorer before the Alex Ovechkin era.
While Bondra would get his roses the game didn't start off well for the Caps as the Bolts struck on a power play goal. Then Bondra took over tying the game 27 seconds later, adding another 15 seconds after that then a power play goal to boot less than two minutes after that to complete the hat trick.
Bondra would add his fourth goal just over two minutes after the natural hat trick and then would score one more goal with his linemates Dale Hunter and Dmitri Khristich helping out.
Bondra said about Dale Hunter after the game via Diane Doyle from NoVa Caps:
"It is Dale Hunter who makes my job easy. Dale is everywhere on the ice. He is always helping me out, giving me he puck. I am getting great passes all night. And when I make a mistake, he covers it. And when I get hit, he comes to help me out.""Peter Bondra