Alex Ovechkin is on pace to overtake Wayne Gretzky as the most prolific ... He set the record in 2023, moving past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who established the mark on April 5, 1984.
1986 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores ... 1989 — LA Kings center Wayne Gretzky becomes NHL’s all-time leading scorer in combined regular season & playoff points ...
1972 — The longest winning streak in major professional sports — 33 games — ends when the Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 120-104 behind 39 points by Milwaukee’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.