Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scores hat trick at 40, moves up NHL's all-time point list

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin continued to etch his sanction successful the NHL’s past books aft different chapeau instrumentality successful the team’s 8-4 triumph implicit the Montreal Canadiens connected Thursday night.

Ovechkin, 40, notched his 33rd vocation chapeau instrumentality and moved past Joe Sakic into 10th spot connected the NHL’s constituent list. His chapeau instrumentality tied Brett Hull for the fourth-most successful NHL history. 

The Russian superstar became the sixth subordinate successful NHL past to people a chapeau instrumentality astatine the property of 40 oregon older. 

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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (8) is congratulated connected his chapeau instrumentality against the Montreal Canadiens by teammates Brandon Duhaime (22), Justin Sourdif (34), Tom Wilson (43) and Aliaksei Protas (21) during the 3rd play of an NHL hockey crippled successful Montreal, connected Nov. 20, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Last season, Ovechkin became the NHL’s all-time person successful goals scored, expanding his full to 907 aft Thursday’s performance. 

Ovechkin’s archetypal extremity of the crippled came connected the powerfulness play successful the opening infinitesimal of the archetypal period. The faceoff was won and went consecutive to him, and helium snapped location a wrist changeable to springiness the Capitals an aboriginal 1-0 lead. 

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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (8) scores against Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) during the 3rd play of an NHL hockey crippled successful Montreal, connected Nov. 20, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

His adjacent 2 goals didn’t travel until precocious successful the 3rd period. Ovechkin’s 2nd extremity came with conscionable nether 4 minutes left, erstwhile helium buried a snapshot connected the unreserved to springiness the Capitals a 6-4 lead. 

Ovechkin completed the chapeau instrumentality erstwhile the Canadiens emptied their nett to effort to equine a comeback. The puck recovered Ovechkin’s instrumentality heavy successful his ain zone, and helium turned astir and fired the puck three-quarters of the magnitude of the crystal into the bare nett to marque it 7-4. 

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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates his extremity implicit the Montreal Canadiens with teammate John Carlson (74) during the archetypal play of an NHL hockey crippled successful Montreal, connected Nov. 20, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ovechkin has scored goals successful 4 consecutive games and has 7 goals successful his past six games. 

The Capitals (11-8-2) person won 3 games successful a enactment and volition look to enactment blistery against the Tampa Bay Lightning (11-7-2) connected Saturday astatine 7 p.m. ET. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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