Inside Alex Ovechkins rise to chasing Gretzkys record [Video]

Pascal Leclaire hasn’t stopped a puck in a professional hockey game in most of 15 years. So perhaps it’s understandable that when the former NHL goaltender recently tried to explain to his nine-year-old daughter that he’d played a significant role in the career of Alexander Ovechkin, she didn’t believe him.

These days, after all, the 42-year-old Leclaire’s role at Montreal’s TVA Sports is to talk about hockey, not play it. Meanwhile, the 39-year-old Ovechkin carries on as one of the most remarkable stories in sports, captaining the Washington Capitals to the top of the Eastern Conference standings while chasing an NHL record some once considered unbreakable. With 10 games to play in his 20th season, Ovechkin is six goals away from surpassing Wayne …