Image By: Toni L. Sandys - TWPAlex Ovechkin had a monster night against the Penguins in the NHL Eastern Conference Semifinal Game 2, scoring a hat trick (including the game-winning-goal) and causing the red-clad faithful packing the Verizon Center to jubilantly cover the ice in headgear and propelling the Caps to a 4-3 win and 2-0 series lead. Ovechkin's trey overshadowed rival superstar Sidney Crosby's hat trick, which, as the Post's Dan Steinberg reports, caused the Penguins forward to whine incessantly. The Elias Sports Bureau reports that it was only the fourth time in NHL history that players on both teams had hat tricks in the same playoff game. The previous instances were on April 14, 1983 (Edmonton's Mark Messier and Calgary's Paul Reinhart), April 26, 1993 (Washington's Al Iafrate and the Islanders' Ray Ferraro) and April 25, 1996 (Colorado's Joe Sakic and Vancouver's Trevor Linden) .
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