Alexander Ovechkin three goals closer to the record Wayne Gretzky.
Russian strikerWashingtonscored a hat-trick in an NHL regular season game once morestMontreal» (9:2).
The Capitals captain scored one goal in the second period and two more in the third. The striker scored the second goal during the game in the majority.
Thus, Ovechkin scored the 804th, 805th and 806th goals in NHL. He is the second-best scorer in league history. Only Wayne Gretzky (894) is ahead.
The 37-year-old striker scored 45 (26+19) points for performance in 39 games of the current regular season.
In total, in 1313 games for his career in the NHL, Ovechkin scored 1455 (806 + 649) points.
