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Pittsburgh Penguins superstar captain Sidney Crosby collected two goals and an assist on Saturday afternoon to become the 15th player in NHL history to record 1,500 career points.
Crosby, 35, capped his three-point performance by scoring a power-play goal at 3:01 of third period in the Penguins’ 5-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.
It was the 1,188th game for Crosby, with only Wayne Gretzky (620), Mario Lemieux (747), Marcel Dionne (1,078), Jaromir Jagr (1,165) and Phil Esposito (1,166) as the lone NHL players requiring fewer games to reach the milestone.
Crosby’s 1,500 points (550 goals, 950 assists) with the Penguins are the seventh-most by one player with one franchise. Gordie Howe (1,809, Red Wings), Steve Yzerman (1,755, Red Wings), Lemieux (1,723, Penguins), Gretzky (1,669, Edmonton Oilers), Joe Sakic (1,641, Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche) and Ray Bourque (1,506, Boston Bruins) are ahead of Crosby in that regard.
–Field Level Media