Shortly after Wayne Gretzky became the NHL’s all ... the third-most ever scored by an NHL rookie. Ovechkin, during his third season, scored a career best 65 goals. He has recorded nine 50 ...

Even after Ovechkin broke Gretzky's all-time goals record, some of "The Great Ones" records will never be topped ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is poised to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record. How he got so close.

Alex Ovechkin scored two goals in his NHL debut in 2005. Here is video of his key goals on the road to breaking Wayne Gretzky ...

WASHINGTON — Wayne Gretzky first played against the Washington Capitals during his rookie season in 1979. The Caps, in their sixth NHL season, were still playing in Landover, Md. “We had like ...

Wayne Gretzky's influence on hockey cannot be overstated. During his rookie season with the Edmonton Oilers, Gretzky revolutionized the way the game was played. Mark Messier, a close teammate during ...

Eras come and go, but Wayne Gretzky's dominance was so far above ... while Ovechkin saw what would have been his rookie season cancelled due to a lockout and three more shortened by either lockout ...

And just like that, Wayne Gretzky’s unbreakable ... 50-goal seasons by a rookie. Meanwhile, only three players have ever scored more than Selanne’s 76 goals in a season — Gretzky (twice ...

Ovechkin, 39, was an immediate star as a rookie ... games this season. Alex Ovechkin and his traveling party are in New York on Sunday as he tries to make history and break Wayne Gretzky's all ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin needs one goal to break Wayne ... handed goals as a rookie and only two since. He has played 80 seconds of short-handed time this season.