Canadian strikerPittsburgh » Sydney Crosby scored a goal and made two assists in the game against Buffalo, breaking the 1,600 point mark in the NHL regular season.
Crosby became the second star of the game against Buffalo (6:5 OT). He now has 1602 points (593 goals + 1009 assists). The Canadian became the tenth hockey player in league history to cross the 1,600 point mark in the regular season. It took him 1277 matches to achieve this.
Crosby became the fifth-fastest player in league history to reach the 1,600-point mark. Only Wayne Gretzky (667), Mario Lemieux (812), Marcel Dionne (1,164) and Jaromir Jagr (1,274) required fewer games.
The best scorer in the history of the NHL is Gretzky, with 2857 (894 + 1963) points, the second is Jagr (1921), the third is Mark Messier (1887). Washington’s Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin ranks 13th (1553).
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