Ovechkin became the oldest hat-trick in Washington history

In this match, Alexander scored three goals.

At the time of the fight, the Russian was 36 years 70 days old.

Thus, he became the oldest hat-trick writer in Washington history.

The previous achievement belonged to the Slovak striker Peter Bondra, who scored a hat-trick in November 2003 at the age of 35 years 295 days.

Earlier it was reported that Ovechkin was stitched in a match with Florida after hitting the puck in the face.