Pittsburgh Penguins star forward Sidney Crosby just keeps climbing franchise and league leaderboards. on Wednesday, he became the 10th player in NHL history to reach 1,600 career points.
Crosby, 37, assisted on a Bryan Rust power-play goal that put Pittsburgh on the board in the first period of its regular season bout with the Buffalo Sabres.
Reaching the career milestone in 1,277 games, Crosby is the fifth-fastest player in league history to tally 1,600 career points.
He trails only Wayne Gretzky (667 games), Mario Lemieux (812), Marcel Dionne (1,164) and Jaromir Jagr (1,274), as they achieved the feat quicker.
Jagr was the last player to join the 1,600-point club, tallying the historic marker in 2011 as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers.
Crosby’s achievement comes during a historic stretch to start the season for his teammate Evgeni Malkin, who became the third active player to record 800 assists on Oct. 10 and then the third active player with 1,300 points just two days later.
The only other active player joining Crosby and Malkin at that level of career point accrual is Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin (1,553).
He made history of his own Tuesday night by becoming only the sixth player all-time to record at least 700 career goals and assists.
