Capitals have fun Alex Ovechkin's 800th career goal

It will be hard to write a better script to hit one of these lofty expert milestones. Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 18th

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19th and 20th goals of the season, his 798th, 799th and 800th goals of his NHL career

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on Tuesday night against the Blackhawks in Chicago. He becomes the third player on NHL records to reach the 800-goal mark

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joining Hall of Famers Gordie Howe (801) and Wayne Gretzky (894).

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Ovechkin's 1/3 goal of the night and the 800th goal of his NHL career came on 1/3 of Tuesday

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He was harassed by his teammates and received the cheers of "Ovi, Ovi" from parents at United's centre.

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Ovechkin did a few interviews after the game, including as his teammates headed to the locker room

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Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson also left the click field in time for Ovechkin to enter the room.

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