He truly is the best.”Linemate Dylan Strome, who has assisted on 16 of Ovechkin's 29 goals this season, acknowledged “it's going to be tough still” to set the record in March or April. Asked if scoring 13 in Washington's final 25 games was doable,

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. After a hat trick on Sunday, Ovechkin has 882 goals and needs 13 to break the record.

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL.