If Alex Ovechkin ends up breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record of 894 goals, he will have Minnesota Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury partly to thank. Having given up 28 goals to the Washington Capitals captain,

Are Ovechkin's upcoming opponents calendar-watching? You bet. No one wants to be a victim in a historic highlight.

Ovechkin hit the NHL with literally a thundering, glass-breaking crash — the hit that he delivered on Columbus defenseman Radoslav Suchy that cracked the plexiglass on his very first NHL shift. He scored twice in that game, too, but afterward, all anyone could recall was that monstrous hit.