Once Alex Ovechkin scored his second goal of the night against Carolina, we were all thinking it: “…back-to-back Ovi hat tricks?” Followed closely by, “No, that would be asking too much…right?” Watching him on the ice every game is privilege enough, plus he tallied his 21st career hat trick just three days ago. But because Ovi is Ovi, he recorded his second hat trick in as many games. He reached several notable milestones with this hatty, and looking at them separately is impressive enough. When you put them all in a list, though, it’s almost overwhelming. Let’s take a look at just how good Ovi’s 22nd career hat trick was:
Ovechkin keeps adding to his milestone list left and right, so often in fact that we might forget how impressive each one is. We shouldn’t. We frequently talk about just how lucky we are to watch The Great 8 play hockey, and last night was a special reminder as to why.