Part of what makes Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal-scoring record so compelling is that the two players are polar opposites in some ways yet stunningly similar in others.

Ovi is just eight goals away from breaking Gretzky's scoring record. Will he do it this season? And if so, against which team will he do it? See the odds.

That's a pace of 0.55 goals a game, and he has been clicking at a 0.57 rate since he returned on Dec. 28 from a fractured left fibula, putting him on pace to break the record in one of the final two games of the regular season.