With two goals and an assist, Sidney Crosby led the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-2 win over the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL) on Monday (local time), reaching a historic milestone.
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For the 19th time, the Canadian scored an average of at least one point per game in an NHL season. In doing so, he caught up with ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, who had also achieved this feat 19 times.
Crosby on if he plans to respond to Wayne Gretzky or his parents first about his milestone: “Uh, I don’t know [laughs]. That’s putting a lot of pressure on me there. Whoever texted first, maybe?… Any time you can be in that company, it’s pretty cool.” pic.twitter.com/OFy7xVrPwY
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“That’s cool. This was obviously something I didn’t want to talk about beforehand. “I knew I was closer and any time you can break into elite circles like that as a player, it’s special,” Crosby said. The number one pick in the 2005 NHL Draft has scored a total of 1,584 points (587 goals, 997 assists) in 1,264 games in his 19 seasons in the league.
Toronto striker Auston Matthews scored his number 61 and 62 goals of the season in the Maple Leafs’ 6-4 win against the Florida Panthers. On Saturday, the 26-year-old became only the ninth NHL player to join the elite circle of those who have scored at least twice There were 60 goals this season.
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