GOTTA SEE IT: Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin Scores 800th Career Goal To Complete Hat Trick

L NIGHT. CHIPPED IN WITH A GOAL, JOHNSON. SPENT SOME TIME IN THE WASHINGTON ZONE. STEVE: IT IS TOUCHED AND WILL NOT BE ICING. FORECHECKED. MANTHA CENTERS IN FRONT. BECAUSE HAS A SHOT — KUZNETSOV HAS A SHOT. ALEXANDER OVECHKIN HAS DONE IT. >> HERE COME THE HATS. >> AND THE TEAM. STEVE: YOU HAVE JUST WITNESSED THE 800 GOAL FOR ALEX OVECHKIN, ONLY THE THIRD PLAYER IN NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE HISTORY TO REACH THAT MARK. >> AND DOES IT WITH A HAT TRICK. >> GIVE CHICAGO FANS SOME CREDIT. THEY ARE SEEING HISTORY HERE. AMAZING. STEVE: THERE IS STILL

13 AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT KAYLEE CALLED THIS ONE ON OUR PODCAST YESTERDAY, THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET FOUR GOALS. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> THE CHICAGO CROWD IS SHOWING A LOT OF APPRECIATION AND RESPECT TO ALEX. THEY ARE SEEING ONE OF THE BEST EVER TONIGHT. STEVE: THERE IS THE WAVE, ACKNOWLEDGING THE CROWD IN CHICAGO. >> IN MY LIFETIME THE ONLY THING I HAVE SEEN SIMILAR IS ONE FLEURY GOT HIS 400 WIN IN MONTRÉAL, BEING HIS — BEING FROM QUÉBEC. THIS IS GREAT. STEVE: LET’S TAKE A LOOK

AT IT. MANTHA WITH A GREAT FORECHECK. JUST FLIPS IT RIGHT OVER TO OVI AND BOOM. >> IT’S AMAZING HOW OVECHKIN IS ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT

POSITION. NEVER GOES BY THE NET, ALWAYS WAITS FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A PLAY TO HIM. THAT’S WHY HE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST, IF NOT THE GREATEST GOALSCORERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME. >> YOU WATCH THE HIGHLIGHT CLOSELY, 88 PATRICK KANE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES BEHIND THE NET , WHILE NUMBER EIGHT IN FRONT OF THE NET SCORED HIS 800TH GOAL. STEVE: THE MOST HAT TRICKS IN NHL HISTORY, ALEX

WILL BE MOVING UP THAT LIST. TONIGHT, 29TH HAT TRICK. WHAT A WAY TO GET 800. >> MURPHY HAS GOT NO STICK. >> WHAT A GOALSCORER. THAT’S ALL I CAN SAY. I REMEMBER WHEN WAYNE PASSED GORDIE HOWE IN POINTS AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT THAT WAS, THE WAY GORDIE HANDLED IT. IF HE WAS WITH U

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