Islanders ticket prices are skyrocketing ahead of Sunday’s game against the Capitals, where Alexander Ovechkin is expected to break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record.

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Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals will travel to Long Island after he tied Wayne Gretzky for most goals in NHL history. Tickets for that game skyrocketed late Friday night.

The wellspring of that discord is the White House, where President Donald Trump has spent months denigrating Canada with 51st-state rhetoric and antagonizing America’s northern neighbor, and Canadian fans have responded by booing mercilessly at the U.S. national anthem when American teams cross the border.