Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a 7-3 victory over Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday,

Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a 7-3 victory over Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday,

Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a 7-3 victory over Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday,

Alex Ovechkin fired a perfect wrist shot past Calvin Pickard for his first goal of the game, scored from his office on the power play for his second and sailed a shot into an empty net from his own zone to complete the hat trick.

Calvin Pickard became the 181st different goaltender he has scored on, already the most of any player after Ovechkin broke Jaromir Jagr’s mark earlier last month.

Goals like the third one Alex Ovechkin scored Sunday make it feel like he might be destined to break Wayne Gretzky ’s NHL goal record this season. Sure, the Washington Capitals left wing had scored two impressive goals before that in a 7-3 victory against the Edmonton Oilers at Capital One Arena.

The Great Eight scored a pair of second-period goals – part of a three-goal Washington outburst in the middle frame – and added a late empty-net tally to help the Caps overwhelm the Oilers 7-3 on Sunday at Capital One Arena.

Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick and reached 882 NHL goals in the Washington Capitals’ 7-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Capital One Arena on Sunday. Ovechkin, who has 29 goals in 41 games this season,

Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick to inch closer to the NHL goals record as the Washington Capitals rode a dominant second period to a 7-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and give the Washington Capitals

Alex Ovechkin continued his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's goal-scoring record with his 32nd career hat trick as the Washington Capitals cruised to a 7-3 victory over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Sunday afternoon.

Scoring three goals in the Washington Capitals' 7-3 rout of the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday put Ovechkin 13 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record of 894 that long seemed unapproachable.