"When this game was played five-on-five, the Capitals did a fantastic job of limiting the Canadiens to the outside, then burned them in transition for being overaggressive. The Caps ended up 13-5 in high-danger chances, putting together a particularly impressive third period during which they created eight of those chances and allowed only two. Tremendous effort from a team that played at home yesterday and then traveled north."
"I mean, if you're a regular visitor to the site, you saw the billion Alex Ovechkin posts we did last night. With his four-point (3g, 1a) game, Ovechkin extended his goal-scoring streak to four games, notched his 33rd career hat trick, broke the NHL record for most career goals scored against a goaltender, and moved into the top 10 on the NHL's all-time points list."
The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 8-4, extending a three-game winning streak and climbing back into an Eastern Conference playoff spot. The team limited Montreal to the outside five-on-five and punished overaggressive transition play, finishing 13-5 in high-danger chances and creating eight such chances in the third while allowing only two. Alex Ovechkin had four points (3g, 1a), extended a four-game goal streak, recorded his 33rd career hat trick, broke the NHL record for most career goals scored against a goaltender, and moved into the NHL top 10 in all-time points. Ethen Frank also had four points (2g, 2a). Sonny Milano and Hendrix Lapierre combined for four points in 13:28, Dylan Strome added three assists, and the Capitals have scored first in six of their last seven games and nine of their previous eleven.
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