Wayne Gretzky reacts to Alex Ovechkin tying his NHL goals record: 'That's OK'

Wayne Gretzky began to follow Alex Ovechkin on Friday night amid his trek to surpassing The Great One as the NHL's all-time leading goalscorer – the trip was almost done in one day.

Needing three goals to surpass Gretzky, Ovechkin scored twice to tie, and tried his darnedest to get a hat trick.

Nonetheless, Gretzky had been the solo leader for over 31 years. But now he has company, and soon enough, he will be looking up for the first time in a while.

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But Gretzky is more than at peace with his record being tied, and soon going down.

"That's OK… That's what the game's all about," Gretzky said ...