Alex Ovechkin scored a hat-trick the other night after firing home his sixth empty-net goal of the season. The six empty-netters is a career high in a season for Ovi, who previously hit the 5-EN mark – twice – a decade ago.
Ovi is currently in a race for the Rocket Richard trophy with Boston’s David Pastrnak, who has one empty net goal thus far, and of course Bruins fans are quick to point that out. If Ovi wins another scoring title by a goal or two, but scored five more empty netters than Pastrnak, who is the better goal scorer of the season?