Crosby set his mark within the 1,310th recreation of his profession, whereas Lemieux wanted simply 915 video games. The very fact Lemieux reached it in almost 400 fewer video games is a testomony to not solely how dominant he was, but additionally the period he performed in the place offense was considerably increased than most of Crosby’s period.
Both approach, they’re each among the many 10 best gamers in NHL historical past.
Crosby is twelfth on the NHL’s all-time help record and has an opportunity to maneuver into the top-10 by the top of this season.
He’s simply 15 assists behind Gordie Howe (1,049), the participant who at present occupies the No. 10 spot.
Marcel Dionne (1,040) is within the No. 11 spot and the following participant for Crosby to high on the all-time record.
Between the 2 of them, Crosby and Lemieux are the Penguins’ all-time leaders in most main offensive classes.
Crosby has the games-played, assists, even-strength targets, game-winning targets and shots-on-goal marks, whereas Lemieux has the goals-scored, power-play targets and shorthanded-goals marks.
Crosby continues to be 98 targets behind Lemieux (690 vs. 602) for that file, which can be robust for him to match. He does, nevertheless, have an amazing likelihood of breaking the all-time whole factors file within the franchise as he’s simply 87 factors again as of Sunday.
Crosby is in his age-37 season and simply signed a two-year contract extension that retains him in Pittsburgh for 3 extra full seasons. (He has another yr on his present contract after which the two-year extension.)
The very fact he’s nonetheless taking part in at such an elite charge offensively solely provides to his standing as one of many NHL’s greatest ever. The opposite large file Crosby is chasing this season is that if he maintains a point-per-game common, it will be the twentieth consecutive season through which he has completed that, breaking a file beforehand held by Wayne Gretzky.
