Gretzky was regressing as he got deep into his 30s. He had nine goals in 70 games during his last season, 1998-99 with the New York Rangers. He retired at age 38 with 894 goals in 1,487 games.

With Gretzky, whose uniform No. 99 is retired league-wide, now at No. 2 in terms of that record, well, that’s a connection to Drake being at the Hot 100’s runner-up position.

He would go on to score 92 more goals since the monumental achievement, including playing his final three seasons with the Rangers where he tallied 57 goals in 234 games for the Blueshirts from ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is chasing Wayne Gretzky's goal record. How he has fared vs. the teams he'll face the rest of the season.

Gretzky, who scored his last goal with the New York Rangers in the 1998-99 season, had 894 in his amazing 20-year career. He retired after that season at the age of 38.

Alex Ovechkin has scored 26 career goals against Columbus Blue Jackets Ovechkin has scored 889 career goals. This season he has netted 36 in 56 games, including one Nov. 15 in the Capitals’ 7-2 ...

DraftKings gives the Blue Jackets +140 odds after listing at +175 this past weekend and +150 early Wednesday, followed by the Islanders staying at +230, Hurricanes moving from +550 last week to ...

Gretzky lost a large portion of his 1992-93 season to a back injury, while Ovechkin lost 16 games this year to a broken leg. Otherwise, both stayed on the ice during the prime of their careers.