Game of the Year: Penguins end Capitals' run with wild 8-7 OT win

Game of the year. Season, too.

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Capitals 8-7 in overtime Monday, ending Washington's nine-game winning streak in what can only be described as a throwback game to a bygone era.

Here's what you need to know about a game that saw the teams score a combined 13 goals in the final 40 minutes and 34 seconds:

• Evgeni Malkin registered his 11th career hat trick, all three of his goals coming in the zany second period.
• Sidney Crosby finished with a goal and three assists, reaching the half-century mark in points as he continues to chase Connor McDavid for the NHL scoring lead.
• The Pens have points in 13 straight games at home (12-0-1) and have won six in a row at PPG Paints Arena.

• Strangely enough, in a game in which 15 goals were scored, Alex Ovechkin didn't find the back of the net. He finished with two assists.

• Capitals goalie Braden Holtby was pulled after allowing five goals on 26 shots.

• Washington went into the game not having allowed an even-strength goal in over 320 minutes played at five-on-five. Pittsburgh scored seven goals at even strength.

It was the final meeting of the season between the two Metropolitan Division rivals - until, hopefully, the Stanley Cup Playoffs.