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,

The Edmonton Oilers are a good hockey team. Led by supernova stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton pushed the Florida Panthers to a seventh game in last year’s Stanley Cup finals and entered Sunday afternoon’s game at Capital One Arena in fifth place in the NHL.

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 the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.