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“We did it!” he told teammates in an electric visiting arena with over 17,000 fans locked in on his every move. “It’s history! Yeah!”
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Alex Ovechkin, the NHL's new goal-scoring leader, stormed out of the gate with two goals in his first game in 2005.
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He finished it with 894.
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