On this date, Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby achieved duel playoff -hat tricks 16 years ago

A long time ago in a distant playoff series … The two largest superstars of the NHL carried in one of the biggest offensive offensive in the history of the league.

Meet in the game on May 4th in 2009 Alex Ovechkin And Sidney Crosby Everyone has recorded a hat trick. The caps won the game 4: 3, since Dave Steckel was the only other player next to Ovechkin and Crosby who finds the back of the network.

“It is good for the fans to see how great players play against each other and play two great teams against each other,” said a 23-year-old Ovechkin, according to NHL. “It's an interesting time and an interesting game. It is incredible if you play against great players and a game like this wins.”

The capitals took part in the competition with a 1-0 lead after scoring game 1 with 3-2, in which Ovechkin scored his fourth goal of the off-season.

However, Pittsburgh finally reached the final of the Eastern Conference after extinguishing a 2-0 deficit of the series and winning game 7. The penguins would later raise the Stanley Cup this summer.

Now, 16 years later, Ovechkin is an independent Stanley Cup champion and also the biggest scorer in NHL history. He passed Wayne Gretzky on April 6th for most goals of all time and ended the 2024-25 season with 897 career-brings.

Crosby, on the other hand, has lifted the Stanley Cup twice since 2009 and is sitting on the NHL (1,687) of the NHL. This year he broke his own Gretzky record and set a 20 -season with an average of at least one point per game, better than Gretzky.

The 37-year-old center only took part in another duel-hat trick game this season. He and Dallas stars of the right wing player Evgenii Dadonov, also Russian, scored three goals every April 5, exactly 24 hours after Ovechkin Gretzky's all-time goal record had bound.

Ovechkin and Crosby, two future Hockey Hall of Famers, who have been connected to each other in the NHL since their common rookie games in the NHL, played against each other for the 73rd time last April.

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