The Capitals rallied from a 3-1 second-period deficit to defeat the Utah Mammoth 7-4 on Thursday at Delta Center. Six players recorded multiple points in the victory, including Ivan Miroshnichenko (2g) and Alex Ovechkin, who scored his 34th career hat trick. With his three-goal performance, Ovechkin passed Brett Hull (33) for the fourth-most hat tricks in NHL history and became the third player ever to score multiple hat tricks at age 40 or older, joining Johnny Bucyk and Gordie Howe.
Miroshnichenko, Washington’s first-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, notched his first career multi-goal game on Thursday and was one of three Capitals age 24 or younger to record a point (also Hendrix Lapierre: 1a; Cole Hutson: 1a). At least one player under the age of 25 has scored in eight of Washington’s 11 games in March, led by Ryan Leonard’s five goals.
March 26 at UTA – Miroshnichenko (2g)
March 22 vs. COL – Sourdif (1g)
March 20 vs. NJD – Leonard (1g)
March 18 vs. OTT – Hutson (1g)
March 12 at BUF – Leonard (1g)
March 11 at PHI – Leonard (1g)
March 9 vs. CGY – Lapierre, Sourdif & Leonard (1g)
March 3 vs. UTA – Leonard (1g)
