Thursday night, 32-year-old Alex Ovechkin reminded us again just how great of a player he remains. With three snaps of his wrist, Ovechkin scored his 18th career hat trick. Within that 6:33 span, Ovechkin tied the game twice and forced the game to overtime.

Some of the stats surrounding Ovechkin’s accomplishment are mind-blowing. For instance, according to @ESPNStatsInfo, Ovechkin now has 5 more hattys than any other player since making his debut in 2005-06.

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All the goals of @aleksandrovechkinofficial’s 18th career hat trick 🎩🎩🎩 A post shared by RMNB (@rmnb_blog) on Oct 5, 2017 at 8:13pm PDT

The next two closest players are Eric Staal (13) and Evgeni Malkin (11).

18th career hat trick for Alex Ovechkin, 5 more than any other player since his debut season in 2005-06. pic.twitter.com/TrWV3ILyZ3 — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 6, 2017

Check out these other stats.

#Caps Alex Ovechkin scored 3 goals in a span of 6 minutes, 33 seconds. It was the fastest Hat Trick of his NHL career. — Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) October 6, 2017

Alex Ovechkin is the second player in @Capitals history to score a hat trick in a season-opening game (Mikhail Grabovski on Oct. 1, 2013). pic.twitter.com/hZkLT8eDsa — NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 6, 2017

With his 19th career Hat Trick. #Caps Alex Ovechkin ties Mike Modano for 24th place on NHL's career goals list with 561 — Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) October 6, 2017

This marks the third time in his career Alex Ovechkin has opened the season with a multi-goal game (2005, 2009). — CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) October 6, 2017

What a legend.

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