WASHINGTON - 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 ...

Ovechkin tied Jaromir Jagr’s record with 135 game-winning goals, and the 32nd hat trick of his 20-year NHL career moved him into a tie for fifth with Phil Esposito.

The Oilers, playing the second game of a back-to ... for an extra attacker with 2:56 remaining and Ovechkin completed his hat trick with an empty-netter 18 seconds later. Silas Demary Jr. scored ...

The 39-year-old recorded a hat trick on Sunday against the Edmonton Oilers, bringing his season goals tally to 29 and his career tally to 882. While he's not yet surpassed Gretzky's mark ...

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 ...

Edmonton Oilers prospect Sam O'Reilly recorded the first hat trick of his OHL career in a dominant 9-1 London win over the ...

coaches and fans reckoned with history on Sunday as captain Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick in the Capitals’ 7-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers. The fans tossed hats onto the rink to honor the 39 ...

Alex Ovechkin had so many chance to score in the Washington Capitals’ rout of the Edmonton Oilers that he joked, “I’ll take three.” ...

The sellout crowd of 18,753 immediately began to cheer, though, when Pickard skated to Edmonton’s bench, realizing this would provide Ovechkin with an opportunity to move closer to history. The fans ...

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin reached 882 NHL goals with a hat trick in the Washington Capitals’ 7-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Capital One Arena on Sunday.