Watch Florida Panthers right wing Mackie Samoskevich (25), Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Alex Nylander (92) and right wing ...

In his lone meeting with the Sabres this year ... Gretzky also are likely to be joined on the end of the journey by Nicklas Backstrom, Ovechkin’s longtime center and close friend.

Vegas won 8-4 in the first meeting, Colorado won 2-1 in a shootout back in November ... which is incredible,” said Nicklas Backstrom, who assisted on nearly 300 of Ovechkin’s goals. “If you ask ...

Witness Ovi's evolution from rock star rookie to "young gun" to Cup winner to chasing Gretzky (and much more).

Center Nicklas Backstrom would become a driving force ... playoff series over the New York Rangers -- setting up the first meeting between Crosby and Ovechkin in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

“He does the same thing now that he did 15 years ago,” says Nicklas Backstrom, the Capitals ... Several years ago, after meeting Gretzky and peppering him with questions over dinner in ...

“I’ve got to play good” There was a buzz at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh on Nov. 22, 2005, for the much-anticipated first NHL meeting between ... of history?” Nicklas Backstrom was Ovechkin ...

Saturday marked the teams’ first meeting since Edmonton eliminated ... That leaves McDavid just one point back of Nicklas Backstrom, Martin St. Louis and one-time Edmonton captain Doug Weight ...