Ovechkin Pads The Stats Against The Red Wings (11/30/2019)

November 30, 2019 - While the Capitals (18-4-5) had gotten off to an impressive start to the 2019-20 season, the Detroit Red Wings (7-18-3) had started the season about as far in the other direction as a team can. As the saying goes - "you can only play who's in front of you", and for Alex Ovechkin the saying might be more like "you can only score on the goal in front of you". Ovechkin played his part in the first 58 minutes, registering a goal and an assist to help the Capitals get out to a 3-2 lead. The NHL's eventual all-time leader in empty-net goals would add two more to complete the hat trick and the four-point night. While it may go down as the "easiest" hat trick of his career, as Ovi said after the game - "A hat trick is a hat trick". The Great 8 also made his third goal happen himself, stripping the puck from Dylan Larkin before fighting through Filip Hronek to score what would have been an automatic goal due to Hronek's interference, and was then clipped by Dylan Larkin (most likely on accident) as the Red Wings' forward was focused on breaking his stick on the goal post in frustration. To make the hat trick even more odd, his lone non-empty netter was about the closest thing to a wraparound goal that Ovi has ever scored, as he still has never officially been credited with one despite being the NHL's all-time leader in goals - https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/washing.... Game stats: 3 goals, 4 points, 4 shots, 6 shot attempts, 4 hits, 1 block 1st Period - 0:00 - Intro 0:26 - Defensive play on Luke Glendening 0:49 - Hit on Tyler Bertuzzi 2nd Period - 0:56 - Forces turnover that leads to Oshie's tying goal 1:30 - Deflection chance 1:47 - Shot block on Filip Hronek and draws penalty 2:08 - Hit on Hronek 2:26 - Goal 1 3:38 - Hit on Hronek 3rd Period - 3:47 - Assist on Tom Wilson goal 4:54 - Goal 2 6:04 - Goal 3, 24th career hat trick, 15th 20-goal season 7:33 - Final buzzer More classic Ovechkin games -    • Classic Ovechkin Games