Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored three of the Edmonton Oilers' five first-period goals and Leon Draisaitl also had a hat trick in an 8-4 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Rogers Place.
Edmonton (34-34-8), which scored eight goals in a game for the first time since defeating Vegas 8-2 on Nov. 14, 2017, moved within five points of the Colorado Avalanche (34-29-13) for the second wild card from the Western Conference.
Nugent-Hopkins had his third NHL hat trick and first since he scored three goals against Carolina on March 8, 2015. He is the seventh different player in Oilers history to score three goals in the first period of a regular-season game.
Draisaitl scored his 44th, 45th and 46th goals of the season, moving him within three of Ovechkin for the NHL lead. His 46 goals are the most in a season by an Edmonton player since 1988-89, when Jimmy Carson scored 49.
The two forwards are the first Oilers teammates to have a hat trick in the same regular-season game since Jari Kurri (four goals) and Paul Coffey did it in a 9-4 win against the Kings on Dec. 20, 1985.
Oilers center Connor McDavid scored a goal and had three assists, giving him an NHL career-high 112 points (39 goals, 73 assists). The two-time defending NHL scoring champion is second this season behind Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov (121 points; 38 goals, 83 assists). McDavid's 112 points are the most in a season by an Edmonton player since Mark Messier had 129 (45 goals, 84 assists) in 1989-90.