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FILE - North America All-Star's Wayne Gretzky, of the New York Rangers, shoots to score the sixth goal for his team during the second period of the NHL All-Star Game Sunday, Jan. 24, 1999, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Ovechkin on track to break Gretzky’s NHL career goals record

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FILE – Edmonton Oilers team captain Wayne Gretzky, right, gets congratulatory pats from teammates after he scored his 300th career NHL goal during an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., Dec. 14, 1983. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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FILE – New York Rangers’ Wayne Gretzky looks for an open man against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1998. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield, File(
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FILE – Los Angeles Kings’ Wayne Gretzky waves a record book listing his career goals, presented to him after he set a new NHL career-goal record with his 802nd goal against the Vancouver Canucks, on March 23, 1994, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)
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FILE – Boston Bruins center Steve Kasper, left, gets in the way of a move by Edmonton Oilers Wayne Gretzky in the first period of an NHL hockey game in the Boston garden on Thursday night, March 28, 1985. (AP Photo/Peter Southwick, File)
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FILE – Los Angeles Kings’ Wayne Gretzky (99) of the Los Angeles Kings scores his record-setting 802nd career NHL goal during an NHL hockey game against the Vancouver Canucks in Wednesday, March 23, 1994, at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)
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FILE – New York Rangers’ Wayne Gretzky (99) celebrates scoring a goal in the third period during an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 7, 1997. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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FILE – Los Angeles Kings’ Wayne Gretzky gets ready to shoot during an NHL hockey game at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., March 9, 1994. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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FILE – Edmonton Oilers captain Wayne Gretzky reacts Meadowlands Arena ice rink, after his team scored in the closing seconds of an NHL hockey game in East Rutherford, N.J., Nov. 9, 1984. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, File)
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FILE – Wayne Gretzky and fans celebrate after he scored his NHL career record-setting 802nd goal against the Vancouver Canucks, on March 23, 1994, at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

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