WASHINGTON-- Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick to help the Washington Capitals defeat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 at Verizon Center on Wednesday.
"Sometimes you just feel right away when you have an opportunity to shoot the puck and you feel the puck on your stick and you just go out there and just use the momentum and use your chances," Ovechkin said. "My linemates and my partners gave it to me. You can see all three were kind of good setups and I just had to hit the net."
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored, and Braden Holtby made 18 saves for the Capitals (12-5-2).
Alex Ovechkin gets hat trick, Capitals hang on
Blues score twice in final 1:15 but can't tie game
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