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 larger than most of Crosby’s period.
Both means, they’re each among the many 10 biggest gamers in NHL historical past.
Crosby is twelfth on the NHL’s all-time help checklist 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 the moment occupies the No. 10 spot.
Marcel Dionne (1,040) is within the No. 11 spot and the subsequent participant for Crosby to high on the all-time checklist.
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 remains to be 98 targets behind Lemieux (690 vs. 602) for that report, which can be powerful for him to match. He does, nevertheless, have an incredible likelihood of breaking the all-time complete factors report 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 yet 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 price offensively solely provides to his standing as one of many NHL’s finest ever. The opposite large report Crosby is chasing this season is that if he maintains a point-per-game common, it will be the twentieth consecutive season by which he has carried out that, breaking a report beforehand held by Wayne Gretzky.
