All eyes remain on Capitals Captain Alex Ovechkin, who is chasing down Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal record. With 886 career goals, the veteran player is now just eight goals away from matching "The Great One’s" legendary mark of 894.

Aliaksei Protas had the first hat trick of his NHL career and Alex Ovechkin and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had three points as the Washington Capitals extended their winning streak to five, defeating the Ducks 7-4 on Tuesday night.