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,

At 39 years of age, Washington Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin continues to be one of the league’s best goal scorers, and on Sunday afternoon, he inched closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record.

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.