Washington Capitals Gordie Howe Hat Tricks

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A Gordie Howe hat trick is when a hockey player gets at least one goal, one assist, and one fight in a single game. It used to be more common, especially on the Capitals, but now it’s extremely rare.

Here are the Caps’ regular season and post-season Gordie Howe hat tricks, plus a list of the Caps’ all-time leaders. Click on the opposing player’s name for a link to hockeyfights.com, which will contain the video if available.

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Also see: Washington Capitals Hat Trick Tracker

Regular Season

Date	Player	Result	Opp	Fought	Description	G	A	PTS	PIM	Photo
2025-12-31	Tom Wilson	W, 6-3	NYR	Sam Carrick	Scored twice and was +3.	2	1	3	5
2025-03-03	Tom Wilson	W, 5-4 (SO)	OTT	Brady Tkachuk	Second Gordie Howe of the season	1	1	2	5
2024-10-31	Tom Wilson	W, 6-3	MTL	Josh Anderson	First career Gordie Howe hat trick for Wilson.	1	1	2	7
2023-02-25	T.J. Oshie	W, 6-3	NYR	Barclay Goodrow	First career Gordie Howe hat trick for Oshie.	2	1	3	5
2022-11-11	Anthony Mantha	W, 5-1	TAM	Corey Perry	First Caps Gordie Howe hat trick in nearly four years.	1	1	2	5
2018-12-29	Tyler Lewington	W, 3-2	at OTT	Zack Smith	In 2nd game, Lewington gets 1st assist, 1st goal, and 1st fight, only time that's happened in NHL history.	1	1	2	5
2011-12-07	Troy Brouwer	W, 5-3	at OTT	Jesse Winchester	Brouwer also scored the GWG.	1	1	2	5
2010-02-07	Mike Knuble	W, 5-4	PIT	Craig Adams	Caps come back from 4-1 deficit, Knuble scores OT winner.	1	1	2	17
2010-01-13	Jason Chimera	W, 5-4	at FLA	Gregory Campbell	Caps rally from 4-1 deficit to win.	1	1	2	5
2006-02-03	Ben Clymer	W, 4-1	TOR	Andy Wozniewski	After 2nd period fight, Clymer gets both points in third period.	1	1	2	5
2001-02-07	Jeff Halpern	W, 3-1	at COL	Dan Hinote	Halpern gets goal, assist and fight in the third period.	1	1	2	7
1996-03-26	Steve Konowalchuk	W, 7-1	at NYI	Dan Plante	Caps win in a blowout, 7-1.	1	1	2	5
1991-03-10	Dmitri Khristich (R)	W, 5-3	at EDM	Adam Graves	This was the first of 2 career NHL fights for Khristich.	1	1	2	5
1991-02-10	Kevin Hatcher	W, 5-2	PHI	Terry Carkner	Hatcher gets his third GH3.	1	2	3	5
1990-10-23	Kevin Hatcher	W, 6-2	PHI	Scott Mellanby	Hatcher gets his second GH3.	2	1	3	7
1989-11-29	Alan May (R)	W, 5-3	at DET	John Mokosak	May assisted on Nick Kypreos's first career goal.	1	1	2	11
1989-01-07	Kevin Hatcher	W, 6-3	CHI	David Mackey	Hatcher gets his first GH3.	1	2	3	5
1988-02-12	Scott Stevens	W, 6-2	NYI	Richard Kromm	Stevens gets his second GH3.	1	1	2	5
1987-01-20	Lou Franceschetti	W, 6-3	NJD	Jan Ludvig	Franceschetti scored the first goal of the game.	1	1	2	5
1986-10-18	Scott Stevens	L, 4-2	BUF	Mike Hartman	Stevens gets his first GH3.	1	1	2	9
1985-01-17	Mike Gartner	W, 6-2	PIT	Mitch Lamoureux	Gartner gets his third GH3.	1	1	2	7
1984-03-24	Alan Haworth	W, 6-0	PIT	Tim Hrynewich	The GH3 came in the first period, then got a second fighting major.	1	1	2	10
1983-03-05	Dennis Maruk	W, 4-3	PHI	Glen Cochrane	Maruk gets his team-record 4th GH3.	1	1	2	7
1983-01-26	Bobby Carpenter	W, 6-2	at PIT	Rod Buskas	This was Carpenter's only fight of the season.	1	1	2	5
1982-03-13	Bengt Gustafsson	W, 6-3	PHI	Ken Linseman	Gustafsson gets his second GH3.	1	2	3	5
1982-02-06	Mike Gartner	W, 6-4	at PIT	Greg Malone	Gartner gets his second GH3.	1	1	2	9
1981-12-05	Dennis Maruk	L, 9-4	at TOR	John Gibson	Teammates Walter and Valentine also get GH3.	1	2	3	17
1981-12-05	Ryan Walter	L, 9-4	at TOR	Terry Martin	Teammates Valentine and Maruk also get GH3.	1	1	2	17
1981-12-05	Chris Valentine (R)	L, 9-4	at TOR	John Gibson	Teammates Walter and Maruk also get GH3.	2	2	4	19
1981-03-29	Ryan Walter	L, 5-4	NYI	Bob Nystrom	Walter gets his second of three GH3.	1	1	2	7
1981-02-28	Darren Veitch (R)	L, 7-4	at STL	Brian Sutter	Veitch was a rookie when this happened.	1	1	2	5
1980-12-21	Dennis Maruk	W, 6-0	at PHI	Frank Bathe	Teammate Pronovost also gets a GH3.	1	1	2	25
1980-12-21	Jean Pronovost	W, 6-0	at PHI	Bill Barber	Teammate Maruk also gets a GH3.	2	1	3	25
1980-12-07	Bob Kelly	L, 7-3	at BOS	Al Secord	Kelly got into 10 fights in the first three months of the season.	1	1	2	5
1980-10-19	Ryan Walter	L, 8-4	at CHI	Dave Hutchison	Walter gets his first GH3.	2	1	3	5
1980-03-12	Bengt Gustafsson (R)	W, 6-4	BOS	Stan Jonathan	This was the first of 3 NHL fights for Gustafsson, who was a rookie.	1	1	2	7
1980-03-08	Robert Picard	W, 9-5	HFD	Tom Rowe	Picard has five points and is also -2.	1	4	5	9
1980-02-08	Paul Mulvey	W, 6-3	at WIN	Jimmy Mann	Mulvey fought 15 times this season.	1	1	2	5
1980-01-15	Mike Gartner	L, 7-4	at PHI	Andre Dupont	Gartner gets his first GH3.	1	1	2	5
1979-12-01	Tom Rowe	W, 7-2	QUE	Rich Leduc	Rowe gets his third GH3.	1	1	2	5
1979-01-30	Blair Stewart	L, 7-4	at DET	Jean Hamel	Stewart gets the fifth Caps' GH3 of the 78/79 season.	1	1	2	7
1979-01-24	Tom Rowe	W, 5-1	NYR	Mario Marois	Rowe gets his second GH3 of the season.	1	1	2	7
1978-12-17	Dennis Maruk	W, 7-6	TOR	Pat Boutette	Maruk gets his first GH3.	2	2	4	7
1978-12-05	Bob Girard	W, 4-1	at CLR	Barry Beck	This was Girard's last career fight.	1	1	2	7
1978-11-01	Tom Rowe	W, 6-4	PIT	Colin Campbell	Rower gets his first GH3.	1	1	2	7
1978-02-28	Bill Riley	W, 7-4	CLR	Joe Contini	Riley assisted on a goal by Garnet "Ace" Bailey.	2	1	3	7
1977-01-23	Bill Riley (R)	W, 6-3	STL	Bob Gassoff	Riley was a rookie when this happened.	1	1	2	5
1975-02-21	Bill Lesuk	L, 4-9	BUF	Lee Fogolin	Lesuk records the first GH3 in Caps' history.	1	1	2	9

Playoffs

Date	Player	Result	Opp	Fought	Description	G	A	PTS	PIM	Photo
2008-04-15	Mike Green	L, 6-3	@PHI	Scottie Upshall	This was Green's first career NHL fight.	1	1	2	7
1992-04-21	Michal Pivonka	W, 6-2	PIT	Gordie Roberts	The Caps won this game but lost the series in 7.	1	2	3	7
1991-04-19	Dale Hunter	L, 7-6	@PIT	Bryan Trottier	The Caps fell in OT.	1	2	3	5
1990-04-21	Dale Hunter	W, 6-3	@NYR	Normand Rochefort	Somehow, Hunter never got a regular-season GH3 with the Caps.	1	1	2	7

Caps Regular Season Leaders

Player	Total
Dennis Maruk	4
Mike Gartner	3
Kevin Hatcher	3
Tom Rowe	3
Ryan Walter	3
Tom Wilson	2
Bill Riley	2
Bengt Gustafsson	2
Scott Stevens	2