(Caps Outsider)
After getting his in the face in the first period Friday, Alex Ovechkin came back into the game against Florida, scored twice in just a matter of moments – including one on the power play – and scored again in the third period to get his 28th career regular season hat trick.
He now has 748 career goals, good for fourth all-time, but he’s now only one away from tying Dave Andreychuk as the all-time power play goal leader with 274.
Ovi also passed Guy LaFleur and Brendan Shanahan on the all-time points list and is not 26th all-time, though at this point seeing how far he can climb up that list is merely a bonus as he chases Wayne Gretzky as the all-time goal leader.