Canadian Olympian Sidney Crosby of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, made National Hockey League history on Wednesday by becoming the 10th player ever to score 1,600 career points. He achieved this with a 6-5 win for the Penguins over the Buffalo Sabres.
Crosby, who won the gold medal for Canada Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympicsand the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, scored his 1,600th career point with an assist from Bryan Rust at 11:01 of the first period. He then scored the winning goal in overtime, capping a three-point night. In his career, Crosby scored 593 goals and 1,009 assists for 1,602 points.
The other nine NHL players to record 1,600 points are Wayne Gretzky of Brantford, Ontario (2,857), Jaromir Jagr (1921), Mark Messier of Edmonton, Alberta (1887), Gordie Howe of Floral, Saskatchewan (1767) and Ron Francis from Sault. Ste. Marie, Ontario (1798), Marcel Dionne of Drummondville, Quebec (1771), Steve Yzerman of Cranbrook, British Columbia (1755), Mario Lemieux of Montreal, Quebec (1723), and Joe Sakic of Burnaby, British Columbia (1641).
So far in the 2023-24 season, Crosby, at age 37, has averaged more than a point per game. He has one goal and five assists for six points in five games. He is a -1 with two penalty minutes, 12 shots on goal, three power play points, 71 faceoff wins, four blocked shots, eight hits, two takeaways and 11 giveaways.
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