In a recent game on November 17, Alex Ovechkin scored twice against former Capitals teammate Ilya Samsonov, achieving his 31st career hat trick. Samsonov, who had previously kept Ovechkin scoreless in three matches, expressed a wish to avoid becoming part of Ovechkin's record-breaking journey. He humorously acknowledged contributing to Ovechkin's hat trick, noting one goal was an empty-net and another off his skate. As the season series between the Capitals and Golden Knights concluded, Samsonov may escape further encounters with Ovechkin and his playful trash talk, unless a trade occurs before the deadline.
One is empty, one is a ricochet off the skate. So I also made history, helped a little bit. Someone said, like Petya Kochetkov, that the main thing is not to miss the record-breaking one.
Sanya (Ovechkin), by the way, usually also shouts to all our goalkeepers: 'Now I'll f- you.' And everything else like that.
Despite his worries, Samsonov is likely safe from allowing the goal that would see Ovechkin capture Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record.
Ovechkin is still on pace to top Gretzky before the end of this year.
Collection
[
|
...
]