Sidney Crosby Adds Another Major Milestone to His Legendary Career

Captain Sidney Crosby Continues a Legendary Career Reaching 1000 Even Strength Points

The milestones keep on coming for Crosby. Tuesday night in Vancover the captain had 2 assists. The second one, was his 1,000th even strength NHL point.

Sidney Crosby has become just the ninth player in NHL history to record 1,000 even-strength points 🤩

His milestone point came in his 1,246th career game, becoming the fourth-fastest player in league history to hit the mark. pic.twitter.com/Spkc0NbB96— Penguins PR (@PenguinsPR) February 28, 2024

Crosby is the Fourth Fastest NHL Player to Reach 1,000 Even Strength Points

It was his 1,246th game last night, and that puts Sid as the fourth fastest to reach this milestone in NHL history. He sits behind Jaromir Jagr, Marcel Dionne and the Great One Wayne Gretzky. For comparison, Gretzky did it in 608 games.

Crosby now sits just 27 points away from moving into the top 10 in points totals, with Phil Esposito in front of him with 1,590 total points.

Sidney Crosby 9th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 even-strength points https://t.co/Zi12BbCfNG pic.twitter.com/rDNe3jBckK— Nucks Hockey (@NucksHockey) February 28, 2024

Crosby has a total of 1,564 points in his career, which is the most for an active NHL player. Alex Ovechkin is the closest with 1,528, but it took him 156 more games to achieve that.

The Penguins sit 7 points out of the wildcard spot, as well as behind the Flyers for 3rd in the Metro by 7 points. They will take on the Seattle Kraken Thursday night in Seattle.

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