Sidney Crosby First period objective Against the Buffalo Sabers on Thursday, he obtained the 20th season per match for the captain of the Penguins of Pittsburgh, breaking an equality with Wayne Gretzky.
The goal has also won the 14th season of 80 Crosby points since it entered the NHL during the 2005-06 season, putting it three behind Gretzky for this record.
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Because Crosby has missed two games this season due to an injury, the maximum number of matches he can play this season is 80.
Among all the active players of the NHL, Crosby is ninth in points with 1,676 and his goal was the 26 of the season and the 618 of his career.
Crosby, 37, is one of the 11 players in the history of the league to play with a franchise for at least 20 seasons and its 1,676 points are the fourth with a team in the NHL history.
“I lack words to try to describe Sid's inheritance he built here,” said Penguins coach Mike Sullivan via nhl.com this week. “What I am going to say with regard to his coherence of play, I think that is directly in correlation with his passion for the game, his desire to be the best and then his desire to put the work to do so. I think this combination of these three things is unique.
“I have not known too many guys who have these three characteristics associated with their respective games. When you add his elite talent and just his abilities with his work ethics and his desire to devote time to refining his job, so to speak, I think that is what allowed him to maintain the level of play he has been able to do for virtually two decades now.”
Among all the active players of the NHL, Sidney Crosby is ninth in points with 1,676 and his goal was the 26 of the season and the 618 of his career. (Photo of Bill Wippert / NHLI via Getty Images)
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After Crosby and Gretzky during most NHL seasons per game, Gordie Howe (17) and a number of players with 15, including the Crosby teammate, Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins, the great Mario Lemieux.
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The milestone is one more than Crosby, a future renowned temple, has reached this season. Earlier this month, he reached the assistance brand of 1050, moving it in the top 10 of the list of assists of all NHL times, one before Howe.
During the first two months of the 2024-25 season, Crosby, triple Stanley Cup champion and Double MVP in League, became the 10th player in the NHL history to reach the 1,600 point bar and scored his 600th career goal.
