The left wing scored at 20 seconds, 2:51 and 18:10 on Carey Price to help Washington take a 4-0 lead against the Montreal Canadiens.
The Capitals won 6-1
.
It was the fourth time Ovechkin scored a hat trick in one period, which he also did scoring three times in the third period of a 5-4 shootout win against the Ottawa Senators in the season opener on Thursday.
Ovechkin scored his fourth goal of the game at 16:46. He is the first player to have a hat trick in consecutive games to start an NHL season since
1917-18
, when
Cy Denneny
,
Joe Malone
and
Reg Noble
each did so, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.