To be fair, goalies wore more modern-day uniforms in Gretzky's final seasons, and two years before Ovechkin entered the NHL, the length of goalie pads was limited to 38 inches. NHL scoring at its ...

Ovechkin appeared to be down and out, and he still managed to slide a no-look backhander past Phoenix Coyotes goalie Brian Boucher. Making the goal even more impressive: It was done in front of ...

He was set up by Tom Wilson and Dylan Strome and ripped a shot from the top of the left faceoff circle past Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin in the second period. Gretzky, NHL commissioner Gary ...