Ovechkin Wins Game 3 vs PIT With Clutch Goal (5/1/2018) @EveryOvechkinGoal

Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

May 1, 2018 - Alex Ovechkin has scored a lot of goals in his playoff career. With over 70 playoff goals, the Great 8 currently ranks 15th all-time as of the posting of this video. Few, if any, of those goals were more clutch than the one he scored in Game 3 of the 2018 second round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. With the series tied 1-1, and the game tied 3-3 with time winding down, Ovechkin and long-time running mate Nicklas Backstrom found themselves on a 2-on-1 with the chance to put the Caps ahead. Anyone who had watched a Caps game in the last decade knew the puck was coming to Ovi. Sure enough, Backstrom waited until just the right moment to feather the puck to Ovechkin who one-timed the pass on net. For a split second it felt like just another close call as Ovechkin's initial shot hit the post, but Ovechkin didn't give up on the play, batting the puck out of the air to put Washington up by one with just 67 seconds left. The goal would stand as the game winner as the Capitals took a 2-1 lead in the series. Even though the Penguins would win the next game to tie the series, the Capitals would eventually slay the dragon and eliminate the Penguins in six games. This huge goal from Ovi would be one of many clutch goals that differentiated this Capitals team from others that came before them, though it wouldn't be the last big goal from the Great 8 or even the best pass Backstrom would deliver to Ovechkin that spring.

- 1st Period -
0:00 - Intro
0:17 - Chances
0:44 - Hit on Maatta
0:51 - Steals puck from Letang for semi-breakaway

- 2nd Period -
1:44 - Assist

- 3rd Period -
2:53 - Reverse hit on Letang
3:07 - Goal
4:34 - Final buzzer

Full 2018 Playoffs Highlight Reel: youtu.be/WUqaw-xbaY0

More classic Ovechkin games: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH8bFa0t7qpQfBYEXybnEr9NbAqFcPyyq

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$Ovechkins Revenge Hat Trick In Utah (3/26/2026) March 26, 2026 - When the Arizona Coyotes became the Utah Hockey Club in 2024, it meant there was a new arena in the NHL, and that meant a new building for Alex Ovechkin to score in. The Great 8s first visit to Salt Lake City was memorable, for good and bad reasons. The good was the two goals he scored as part of his incredible start to the 2024-25 season, when the then-39-year-old was leading the entire NHL in goals a month in. The bad was that it was also the game that saw Ovechkin suffer the worst injury of his NHL career - a fractured fibula after an accidental collision with Utahs Jack McBain that sidelined him for 16 games. While Ovechkin was able to recover and finish third in the league with 44 goals, its hard to not wonder what totals Ovi could have put up if not for the broken leg (he was on pace for 68 goals and 113 points). Ovechkins next visit to the Delta Center came at a crucial time with the Caps fighting to stay alive in the playoff race. Facing a 3-1 deficit in a must-win game, the greatest goal scorer in NHL history delivered again, scoring twice to tie the game heading into the third period. Energized by their captains heroics, the Caps took control in the final frame, scoring three goals, capped off by an empty-netter from Ovechkin to complete his 34th career hat trick. Unsurprisingly, the hat trick was also historic: - 34th hat trick (broke tie with Brett Hull for 4th all-time) - 21st franchise with a hat trick against, most all-time - 6th oldest player to score a hat trick (40y, 190d) - First goal on former teammate Vitek Vanecek, extending his record of goalies scored against to 189. Vanecek was also the active goalie with the most saves against Ovi without allowing a goal (19), behind only another former teammate, Michal Neuvirth (25 saves) all-time. Another historic Ovechkin moment occurred in this game - a defensive zone start, two of them in fact. For the first 72 games of the season, Ovechkin did not record a single defensive zone start. The streak gained notoriety among hockey fans online, and many wondered if he would end the year without one. With 15:41 left in the second period, head coach Spencer Carbery ended the streak, and soon realized his strategy may not have been that good after all as Ovechkin scored his first of the night 42 seconds later. Carbery then gave the Great 8 an unprecedented *second* defensive start with 2:56 left in the game. Carbery would later say he ended the streak because it became a story. Game stats: 3 goals, 3 points, 5 shots, 11 shot attempts, 1 hit - 1st Period - 0:00 - Intro 0:13 - Collision with Lawson Crouse 0:28 - Defensive positioning to disrupt play 0:38 - Utah crowd salutes Ovechkin for 1,000 combined regular season and playoff goals - 2nd Period - 1:09 - Ovechkins first defensive zone start of the season, 42 seconds later in the shift... 1:42 - Goal 1 3:20 - Joe B takes Ovis lip reading personally (and Ovi has 300 second period goals) 3:36 - Goal 2 4:43 - Pass to Strome for chance 5:00 - Hit on Dylan Guenther 5:07 - Another defensive read to break up play 5:12 - Intermission interview with Al Koken 5:47 - Ovechkins plan for the third period - 3rd Period - 5:58 - Shot-pass to Anthony Beauvillier almost goes in, Beauvillier puts Caps up 4-3 soon after 7:13 - Shot 7:33 - Sir, a second Ovechkin defensive zone start has been recorded 7:57 - Goal 3, 34th career hat trick 9:20 - Final buzzer More classic Ovechkin games - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH8bFa0t7qpQfBYEXybnEr9NbAqFcPyyq$

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