On Long Island, Alex Ovechkin snagged his second straight hat trick and helped the Washington Capitals defeat the New York Islanders, 6-4, on Saturday afternoon.
“It’s great players there. It’s something special. It’s history. It’s pretty cool,” Ovechkin said. “It’s great names. I still have a year and a half [on my contract] and then we’ll see what’s up. I just left out everything there that I had because I have a week off. Now it’s time to regroup and get ready for the second half of the year.”
Alex Ovechkin scored his second straight hat trick for the Capitals – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
The Caps trailed 4-1 and rallied in the third period for the win..
Braden Holtby got the start but was given the hook in the second intermission, He surrendered the four Islanders goals on 22 shots.
Ilya Samsonov was perfect in relief on seven shots in the third period.
Brock Nelson, Casey Cizikas, Jordan Eberle and Devon Toews were the Isles strikers.
“It’s a tough loss, no question,” Josh Bailey said. “The first two [periods] we had put ourselves in a good position to win the game. We just needed to stick to our game like we had talked about.”
Carl Hagelin, Jacob Vrana and Tom Wilson also scored for the Caps.
“It’s amazing. It’s something special,” Vrana,said. “It’s obviously really nice to see him (Ovechkin) getting these records. … He’s got a special shot. The best shot I’ve ever seen. I’m really happy for him.”
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Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves in the loss.”We learned a lesson. Not that we should have to have one, but that’s a team over that’s been extremely successful for a reason and they won a championship for a reason,” Islanders forward Anders Lee said. “They exemplified that in the third.”
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