Aliaksei Protas had the primary hat trick of his NHL profession, Alex Ovechkin and Pierre-Luc Dubois every had three factors and the Washington Capitals prolonged their profitable streak to 5, defeating the on Tuesday night time.
The sport was tied at 4-all earlier than the Capitals scored thrice within the ultimate 6:35. Nic Dowd had the go-ahead purpose at 13:25. Anthony Beauvillier gave Washington some respiration room with 1:36 remaining earlier than Protas — who has fifth multi-goal effort in his final 37 video games — accomplished the hat trick with an empty-net purpose with 17 seconds left.
Ovechkin stays 9 targets from passing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL profession mark of 894 however had three assists. Dubois had a purpose and two assists.
Dylan Strome added a purpose and Logan Thompson stopped 25 pictures. Tom Wilson and Brandon Duhaime each had two assists.
Anaheim’s Frank Vatrano, Drew Helleson and Pavel Mintyukov every had a purpose and an help. Jacob Trouba additionally scored and Lukas Dostal made 36 saves.
Takeaways
Capitals: Washington has scored seven targets in a sport for the sixth time this season, probably the most within the league.
Geese: Rookie Sam Colangelo had his four-game purpose streak snapped.
Key second
Trouba tied it at 1-all 4:51 into the primary interval and snapped a 94-game purpose drought. It was additionally Trouba’s first purpose with the Geese. The defenseman’s final purpose earlier than Tuesday was for the New York Rangers on Jan. 4, 2024, in opposition to Chicago.
Key stat
On his bobblehead night time, Leo Carlsson had an help on Helleson’s purpose within the first interval and handed Trevor Zegras for the third most factors by a Geese participant age 20 or youthful. Carlsson, the second general decide within the 2023 NHL Draft, has 58 factors (26 targets, 32 assists) in 81 video games.
Up subsequent
The Capitals face the Kings on Thursday whereas the Geese are at Utah on Wednesday.
