Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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November 23, 2016 - Capitals fans have had a lot to be thankful for over the years, and having Alex Ovechkin suit up for their team is certainly one of them. On the eve of Thanksgiving in 2016, the Great 8 treated fans to a hat trick performance against the St. Louis Blues, a team he had netted a hat trick against in their previous meeting, a memorable game in which he scored his 50th goal of the season - youtube.com/watch?v=xbrtGjndgXc.

- 1st Period -
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Shot and chances
1:02 - Goal 1

- 2nd Period -
2:18 - Sets up chance for Kuznetsov and Burakovsky
3:04 - Goal 2
4:16 - Shot block

- 3rd Period -
4:52 - Goal 3, 16th career hat trick
8:36 - Final buzzer

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