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.

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 is closing in on Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record of 894 goals. The 39-year-old recorded a hat trick on Sunday against the Edmonton Oilers, bri

Alex Ovechkin continues to inch closer to Wayne Gretzky's all-time scoring record of 894 goals. Ovechkin buried a wrist shot into the back of the net during the second period against 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 increased his career total to 882 with a hat trick in a 7-3 win for Washington over Connor McDavid's Edmonton Oilers.