In the regular season match with the Los Angeles Kings (4: 2), the Russian hit the opponent’s goal three times. For him, this hat-trick was 27th in his NHL career. He surpassed the result of Maurice Richard, on whose account 26 hat-tricks.
The record holder for this indicator is Wayne Gretzky (50), Mario Lemieux (40) is in second place, and Mike Bossi (39) closes the top three.
It was previously reported that Ovechkin came out on top in the NHL snipers race this season.