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,

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist, and Leon Draisaitl extended his point streak to nine games with a goal for the Oilers (34-19-4), who have lost five of seven (2-4-1), including 6-3 at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Calvin Pickard made 26 saves.

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.