Alex Ovechkin scored three goals Sunday night to continue his pursuit of Wayne Gretzy's career record, and former Golden Knight Logan Thompson saved 39 shots in his first game back at T-Mobile Arena as the Washington Capitals beat Vegas 5-2.
PublishedLAS VEGAS — Alex Ovechkin scored three goals Sunday night to continue his pursuit of Wayne Gretzy's career record, and former Golden Knight Logan Thompson saved 39 shots in his first game back at T-Mobile Arena as the Washington Capitals beat Vegas 5-2.
Jakob Chychrun and Jakub Vrana also scored goals for the Capitals, and Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas each had two assists.Ovechkin now has 866 goals, 29 from surpassing The Great One as the NHL career leader. It was his 31st career hat trick and his 176th career multigoal game, behind only Gretzky's 189. Ovechkin also extended his record to 315 power-play goals.The Golden Knights played a video tribute to Thompson, who played for the club from 2021-24, midway through the first period.
Golden Knights: Jack Eichel extended his point streak to six games. He has two goals and 10 assists over that stretch.Showing he’s not simply an offensive player, Ovechkin saved a goal in the second period when he got his stick on Ivan Barbashev’s open-net shot. That allow the Capitals to remain in front 3-2.The Capitals were winless in six previous regular-season trips to T-Mobile before this game. Washington, of course, won the 2018 Stanley Cup in this arena.
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