Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Kings games also became a hot ticket in Los Angeles. Some see the trade as a jumping-off point for expansion of the NHL, which added teams in San Jose, Anaheim, Florida and Tampa Bay during the 1990s.

Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles Kings Hockey's biggest blockbuster trade is credited with leading to West Coast expansion success in the NHL. It sounds unthinkable today ...

When the Edmonton Oilers dealt superstar Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988, the entire city went into a ...

Ovechkin was also taken up to Gretzky's restaurant, Studio 99 inside Rogers Place, where he posed with one of the many jerseys up on the wall. A memorabilia collector himself, Ovechkin owns a stick ...