Alex Ovechkin has hat trick, Capitals rout Canadiens 9-2

— Alex Ovechkin scored almost at will against the Montreal Canadiens and moved a few steps closer to Wayne Gretzky's NHL goal record.
Jan 1, 2023, 12:35 am - AP
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1st PeriodMTLWSH
0:32Erik Gustafsson (6)
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (25), Conor Sheary (14)
01
4:32Garnet Hathaway (4)
Assists: Aliaksei Protas (5), Nic Dowd (7)
02
2nd PeriodMTLWSH
4:02Cole Caufield (20) (Power Play)
Assists: Nick Suzuki (17), Kirby Dach (18)
12
8:31Nic Dowd (9)
Assists: Aliaksei Protas (6), Erik Gustafsson (16)
13
9:06Alex Ovechkin (24)
Assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk (5), Lars Eller (8)
14
12:39Cole Caufield (21)
Unassisted
24
19:21Dylan Strome (8) (Power Play)
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (26), Marcus Johansson (9)
25
3rd PeriodMTLWSH
1:22Alex Ovechkin (25) (Power Play)
Assists: Erik Gustafsson (17), Marcus Johansson (10)
26
5:31Marcus Johansson (10)
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (27), Martin Fehervary (3)
27
15:43Anthony Mantha (9)
Unassisted
28
16:35Alex Ovechkin (26)
Assists: Conor Sheary (15)
29

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Jonathan Drouin in neutral zone
  • Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov in offensive zone
  • Goal scored by Erik Gustafsson assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Conor Sheary
  • Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Jake Allen
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Martin Fehervary saved by Jake Allen
  • Giveaway by Marcus Johansson in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Trevor van Riemsdyk saved by Jake Allen
  • Conor Sheary credited with hit on Jordan Harris in offensive zone
  • Goal scored by Garnet Hathaway assisted by Aliaksei Protas and Nic Dowd
  • Giveaway by Nic Dowd in defensive zone
  • Chris Wideman shot blocked by Lars Eller
  • Jordan Harris shot blocked by Joe Snively
  • Shot missed by Conor Sheary
  • Shot missed by Anthony Mantha
  • Matt Irwin credited with hit on Mike Hoffman in defensive zone
  • Sonny Milano credited with hit on Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Kirby Dach in neutral zone
  • Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov in defensive zone
  • Conor Sheary won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in defensive zone
  • Dylan Strome won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Dylan Strome saved by Jake Allen
  • Giveaway by Charlie Lindgren in defensive zone
  • Chris Wideman shot blocked by Matt Irwin
  • Shot missed by Joe Snively
  • Dylan Strome won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot on goal by Conor Sheary saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot missed by Nic Dowd
  • Garnet Hathaway credited with hit on Chris Wideman in offensive zone
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Matt Irwin saved by Jake Allen
  • Matt Irwin credited with hit on Juraj Slafkovsky in defensive zone
  • Nick Jensen credited with hit on Joel Armia in defensive zone
  • Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Nic Dowd
  • Martin Fehervary credited with hit on Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Anthony Mantha
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in neutral zone
  • Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Nick Jensen
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Marcus Johansson in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Jake Allen
  • Matt Irwin credited with hit on Michael Pezzetta in defensive zone
  • Sonny Milano credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in offensive zone
  • Matt Irwin credited with hit on Joel Armia in defensive zone
  • Juraj Slafkovsky shot blocked by Dylan Strome
  • Penalty to Martin Fehervary 2 minutes for Hooking Christian Dvorak
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Erik Gustafsson saved by Jake Allen
  • Penalty to Lars Eller 2 minutes for High Sticking Joel Edmundson
  • Dmitry Orlov credited with hit on Josh Anderson in defensive zone
  • Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
  • Giveaway by Erik Gustafsson in defensive zone
  • Nick Jensen credited with hit on Cole Caufield in defensive zone
  • Aliaksei Protas credited with hit on Chris Wideman in offensive zone
  • Cole Caufield shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  • Shot on goal by Dylan Strome saved by Jake Allen
  • Lars Eller credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Lars Eller
  • Shot on goal by Sonny Milano saved by Jake Allen
  • Sonny Milano credited with hit on Jordan Harris in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Aliaksei Protas saved by Jake Allen
  • Goal scored by Nic Dowd assisted by Aliaksei Protas and Erik Gustafsson
  • Penalty to Garnet Hathaway 2 minutes for Roughing Johnathan Kovacevic
  • Shot on goal by Nick Jensen saved by Jake Allen
  • Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin assisted by Trevor van Riemsdyk and Lars Eller
  • Nick Jensen credited with hit on Josh Anderson in defensive zone
  • Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Matt Irwin
  • Takeaway by Dylan Strome in offensive zone
  • Erik Gustafsson credited with hit on Michael Pezzetta in defensive zone
  • Aliaksei Protas won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Aliaksei Protas saved by Jake Allen
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Cole Caufield in offensive zone
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot on goal by Dmitry Orlov saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot on goal by Joe Snively saved by Jake Allen
  • Dmitry Orlov credited with hit on Joel Armia in defensive zone
  • Aliaksei Protas won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
  • Aliaksei Protas won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Erik Gustafsson
  • Dylan Strome won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Erik Gustafsson
  • Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin
  • Goal scored by Dylan Strome assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Marcus Johansson (PPG)
  • Jordan Harris shot blocked by Joe Snively
  • Shot on goal by Garnet Hathaway saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot on goal by Garnet Hathaway saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot missed by Garnet Hathaway
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jake Allen
  • Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin assisted by Erik Gustafsson and Marcus Johansson (PPG)
  • Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot on goal by Sonny Milano saved by Jake Allen
  • Giveaway by Charlie Lindgren in defensive zone
  • Jake Evans shot blocked by Nick Jensen
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Johnathan Kovacevic in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Garnet Hathaway saved by Jake Allen
  • Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov in offensive zone
  • Joe Snively credited with hit on Jordan Harris in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Matt Irwin saved by Jake Allen
  • Goal scored by Marcus Johansson assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Martin Fehervary
  • Shot missed by Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Shot on goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov saved by Jake Allen
  • Penalty to Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for High Sticking Jordan Harris
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
  • Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Matt Irwin
  • Giveaway by Erik Gustafsson in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Dylan Strome saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Jake Allen
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in offensive zone
  • Aliaksei Protas credited with hit on Jordan Harris in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Garnet Hathaway saved by Jake Allen
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
  • Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Erik Gustafsson
  • Joel Armia shot blocked by Matt Irwin
  • Takeaway by Anthony Mantha in offensive zone
  • Goal scored by Anthony Mantha
  • Cole Caufield shot blocked by Garnet Hathaway
  • Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin assisted by Conor Sheary
  • Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
  • Sonny Milano credited with hit on Justin Barron in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Dmitry Orlov
  • Jake Evans shot blocked by Nic Dowd
  • Shot on goal by Garnet Hathaway saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot on goal by Aliaksei Protas saved by Jake Allen
  • Shot on goal by Nic Dowd saved by Jake Allen
  • Giveaway by Mike Hoffman in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Jordan Harris in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Cole Caufield saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Joe Snively shot blocked by Chris Wideman
  • Matt Irwin shot blocked by Christian Dvorak
  • Juraj Slafkovsky credited with hit on Martin Fehervary in offensive zone
  • Dylan Strome shot blocked by Jordan Harris
  • Joel Armia credited with hit on Sonny Milano in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Josh Anderson in defensive zone
  • Giveaway by Josh Anderson in defensive zone
  • Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Nic Dowd in defensive zone
  • Juraj Slafkovsky won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone
  • Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Christian Dvorak
  • Johnathan Kovacevic credited with hit on Conor Sheary in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Jake Evans
  • Michael Pezzetta credited with hit on Nick Jensen in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Joel Edmundson saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Michael Pezzetta credited with hit on Dmitry Orlov in offensive zone
  • Takeaway by Jake Evans in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Joel Edmundson saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Joel Edmundson
  • Josh Anderson credited with hit on Lars Eller in offensive zone
  • Takeaway by Jordan Harris in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Nick Suzuki saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Cole Caufield saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Arber Xhekaj
  • Shot missed by Kirby Dach
  • Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Garnet Hathaway in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Nick Suzuki saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Johnathan Kovacevic credited with hit on Erik Gustafsson in defensive zone
  • Erik Gustafsson shot blocked by Christian Dvorak
  • Sonny Milano shot blocked by Jordan Harris
  • Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Lars Eller in neutral zone
  • Penalty to Josh Anderson 2 minutes for Slashing Joe Snively
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Joel Edmundson
  • Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Nic Dowd in defensive zone
  • Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Nic Dowd in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Johnathan Kovacevic in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone
  • Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Joel Edmundson
  • Takeaway by Kirby Dach in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Arber Xhekaj saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Juraj Slafkovsky saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Juraj Slafkovsky saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Jonathan Drouin saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Jordan Harris saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Cole Caufield saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot missed by Cole Caufield
  • Cole Caufield credited with hit on Erik Gustafsson in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Joel Armia
  • Penalty to Christian Dvorak 2 minutes for Holding Martin Fehervary
  • Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Goal scored by Cole Caufield assisted by Nick Suzuki and Kirby Dach (PPG)
  • Shot on goal by Jonathan Drouin saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Joel Edmundson saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Jonathan Drouin saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone
  • Juraj Slafkovsky credited with hit on Matt Irwin in neutral zone
  • Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone
  • Nick Jensen shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  • Kirby Dach credited with hit on Nick Jensen in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Michael Pezzetta saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Josh Anderson credited with hit on Erik Gustafsson in offensive zone
  • Jonathan Drouin credited with hit on Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Penalty to Johnathan Kovacevic 2 minutes for Roughing Garnet Hathaway
  • Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Lars Eller in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Arber Xhekaj saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot missed by Josh Anderson
  • Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher in neutral zone
  • Giveaway by Johnathan Kovacevic in defensive zone
  • Johnathan Kovacevic credited with hit on Sonny Milano in defensive zone
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Jordan Harris
  • Takeaway by Cole Caufield in neutral zone
  • Goal scored by Cole Caufield
  • Chris Wideman credited with hit on Garnet Hathaway in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Cole Caufield
  • Kirby Dach credited with hit on Garnet Hathaway in offensive zone
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Jordan Harris
  • Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Lars Eller in defensive zone
  • Jonathan Drouin credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Giveaway by Johnathan Kovacevic in defensive zone
  • Juraj Slafkovsky credited with hit on Matt Irwin in offensive zone
  • Takeaway by Joel Armia in neutral zone
  • Shot missed by Michael Pezzetta
  • Shot on goal by Johnathan Kovacevic saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Penalty to Chris Wideman 2 minutes for Holding Nic Dowd
  • Shot on goal by Jake Evans saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Christian Dvorak
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Joel Edmundson
  • Kirby Dach won faceoff against Aliaksei Protas in offensive zone
  • Giveaway by Kirby Dach in offensive zone
  • Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Aliaksei Protas in defensive zone
  • Penalty to Nick Suzuki 2 minutes for Tripping Nick Jensen
  • Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Brendan Gallagher saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot on goal by Michael Pezzetta saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Jake Evans won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
  • Jake Evans won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
  • Penalty to Brendan Gallagher 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike conduct
  • Jake Evans won faceoff against Conor Sheary in defensive zone
  • Jake Evans won faceoff against Conor Sheary in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Mike Hoffman saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot missed by Arber Xhekaj
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Michael Pezzetta
  • Takeaway by Nick Suzuki in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Brendan Gallagher saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Dylan Strome in offensive zone
  • Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Dylan Strome in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot missed by Chris Wideman
  • Takeaway by Chris Wideman in neutral zone
  • Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Anthony Mantha in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in offensive zone
  • Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj in defensive zone
  • Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in defensive zone
  • Jake Evans won faceoff against Dylan Strome in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Johnathan Kovacevic saved by Charlie Lindgren
  • Shot missed by Chris Wideman
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