On Sunday afternoon on Long Island, the Washington Capitals star broke Wayne Gretzky’s record to become the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer with 895. It was a record that once felt out of reach, like most of Gretzky’s career marks.

Wayne Gretzky's NHL goal-scoring record is no longer considered unbreakable — because Alex Ovechkin just broke it. Ovechkin scored his 895th goal for the Washington Capitals on Sunday in a

Through its cracked glass, I saw a front-page picture of Wayne Gretzky, weeping ... a chain of succession that began with Joe Malone and included Howie Morenz and Maurice Richard, until Ovechkin ...