MONTREAL — Alex Ovechkin had his 33rd career hat trick and added an assist to move into 10th place on the NHL points list, helping the Washington Capitals beat Montreal 8-4 on Thursday night to hand the Canadiens their fifth straight loss.

Ovechkin has 10 goals this season to push his NHL-record to 907. The 40-year-old Russian has 1,643 points to move two past Joe Sakic for 10th on the scoring list. He has scored in four straight games and five of six.

Ovechkin opened the scoring in a power play a minute in the first period, firing a wrist shot past goalie Sam Montembeault off a faceoff. Ovechkin assisted on Ethen Frank's goal two minutes in the second that gave Washington the lead for good at 2-1.

The Washington star scored twice late in the third period, the first on a rush with 4:57

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