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TIL The most recent of Wayne Gretzky's 60 NHL records was set some time after his 1999 retirement. His points-per-game average of 1.921 was second only to Mario Lemieux (2.005), who later came out of retirement and lowered his own average, moving Gretzky to the number 1 spot

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