As Ovechkin moves closer to rewriting the record books, other NHL professionals opened up about their interactions with him ...

A look at a dozen historic goals that broke an important record in style, just as Alex Ovechkin will hopefully do over the next few weeks.

He joined Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Jagr, Marcel Dionne and Phil Esposito as the only players with 700 goals and 700 assists. Who are the NHL’s leading scorers? Ovechkin, after climbing past Mike ...