Overview
- Crosby recorded a first-period goal and a power-play assist against Montreal to reach 1,724 career points.
- He now has 645 goals and 1,079 assists in 1,387 games and moves into eighth place on the NHL’s all-time points list.
- Pittsburgh won 4-3 in a shootout, with Rickard Rakell netting the deciding attempt to end the team’s eight-game losing streak.
- Mario Lemieux’s 1,723 points came in 915 games, and he congratulated Crosby in a video message played at PPG Paints Arena.
- Crosby still trails Lemieux’s franchise goals record of 690, and Steve Yzerman is the next player ahead of him on the NHL career points list.