Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin kept the history books busy with a show-stopping performance in Thursday night’s 8-4 road victory over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. The 40-year-old superstar recorded his 33rd career hat trick, tying Brett Hull for the fourth-most in league history, and added an assist, giving him four points on the night.

Ovechkin opened the scoring just one minute into the first period, converting a power-play opportunity off a faceoff to mark his 905th NHL goal. He then set up Ethen Frank’s goal two minutes into the second period, giving Washington a 2-1 lead. The Russian legend completed his hat trick with two late goals in the third period, a rush goal with 4:57 remaining and an empty-netter from his own zone at 2:04, padding his career goal

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