Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

NHL: Washington 7, Ottawa 4

|
|
 
  
Published: Feb. 1, 2009 at 4:01 PM

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Alexander Ovechkin's hat trick Sunday keyed the Washington Capitals' 7-4 victory against Ottawa.

His second three-goal performance this season, and the seventh in his career, gave him an NHL-high 36 to date.

Ovechkin scored once (power play) in the first period, and twice in a four-goal second period.

With his second straight multi-goal game, Ovechkin made a strong case to become a two-time winner of the Rocket Richard trophy as the league's MVP.

Mike Green (power play), Eric Fehr, Alexander Semin, and Nicklas Backstrom (empty net) all scored once.

Green had three assists, while netminder Brent Johnson recorded 34 saves on 38 shots for the Capitals, who completed a weekend home-ice sweep.

Saturday, they beat Detroit, 4-2.

Ottawa got two goals from Daniel Alfredsson, and one each from Dany Heatly and Antoine Vermette.

Heatly also had one assist, while goalies Brian Elliott and Alex Auld combined to allow six goals on 30 shots for the Senators, who have lost three of four.

Topics: Alexander Ovechkin
© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade N.Y. Giants win Super Bowl XLVI Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
Time to load up on beer, milk, bread and beer, north Atlanta is in for massive blizzard with up...
Bill would force teachers to comply with FCC regulations. in related news, Miss Lipshiatz is about...
When you yell "bingo," you better be damn sure you have bingo. Cause if you don't, we will find...
Trading crack for a lapdance, yelling racial slurs, assaulting police, spitting blood, and beating...
History will remember George H.W. Bush for his part in the first Gulf War, the fall of the Berlin...
And now, pictures of dogs underwater