Sidney Crosby reached an impressive 1,500 points since the start of his career during the game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings.
The Penguins finally had the last laugh on their opponents, winning 5-1.
The captain needed three points on Saturday to get there and his second goal of the game in the third period confirmed that. He became the seventh player in history to record 1,500 points with a roster.
“It’s a team sport – it’s what got us into hockey and it’s why we love hockey,” Crosby said. There are plateaus that make you look a little more at the road traveled but at the moment, it is our situation that matters to me. ”
“We still have a long way to go. I’m happy to be there, but I always had in mind to do my best and from there, come what may. ”
Crosby hit the target late in the first frame with just three seconds left on the clock. He then made himself an accomplice on the net of Danton Heinen before bringing the mark to 4-1 Penguins with his 33e goal of the season, this one on a power play. The accomplices were Kristopher Letang and Jake Guentzel.
Crosby raised his 1500e point to sound 1188e game with 550 goals and 950 assists. He is the 15th player in NHL history to amass at least 1,500 points.
“He’s still working on his game,” said Red Wings Sherbrooke resident David Perron, who played with Crosby from 2014-16.
“I ran into him during the All-Star game break, we were at the same hotel. I spent some time with him. He continues to put in the effort. He always wants to improve. ”
This gain allows the Penguins to post 90 points with two games to play. They rank one of two among teams drafted in the East, ahead of the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers with 89 points each and 79 games played.
With 16 straight appearances at the spring ball, the Pennsylvania club has the longest streak of its kind in North America, in major sports.
Thompson causes the loss of the Canes
Buffalo is 6-1-1 in its last eight games, with the win ensuring the Sabers stay in playoff contention until their game against the New York Rangers on Monday. Otherwise, a regulation loss would have put 10th-place Buffalo in position to be eliminated later in the day and extend the worst drought in the playoffs to a 12th straight season.
Buffalo (39-32-7) tied its most wins since the Sabers finished with a 39-32-11 record in 2011-12.
Quebec goalkeeper Devon Levi shone in front of the Sabers net with 31 saves.
Antii Raanta stopped 26 shots in losing just his third game in regulation this season, and the first since a 4-1 loss to Colorado on Nov. 12. Raanta went 15-0-2, the eighth-longest in the NHL since the 1996-97 season.
The Sabers took a fourth-minute lead over Casey Mittelstadt’s 11th of the season, but the Hurricanes turned things around later in the period with two goals in the space of 22 seconds thanks to goals from Seth Jarvis and Jesper Fast.
In the second, Rasmus Dahlin tied the game at 2-2 on the power play before seeing Sebastian Aho restore the lead to the Canes with his 35th. Before the end of the engagement, however, Mittelstadt brought the two teams back to square one with their second of the game. After 40 minutes, the score was 3-3.
With a one-goal and two-assist performance, Dahlin became the second defenseman in Sabers history after Phil Housley to reach 70 points. It was also the seventh time in his career that Dahlin had three points in a game.
Goaltender Jonathan Quick gave up only once in the shootout, but that was one too many in a 2-1 loss by the Vegas Golden Knights to the Dallas Stars.
Despite this setback, Vegas secures the home-ice advantage in the first round of elimination thanks to the point obtained in regulation time.
Quick was beaten by a wrist shot from Roope Hintz, which proved to be the only goal of the exercise to decide between the two teams.
Vegas opened the scoring in the first period when Brett Howden scored his sixth of the season at 14:21 on assists from Keegan Kolesar and Ben Hutton.
The score remained 1-0 until 12:59 of the second period when Joel Kiviranta’s eighth of the season tied the game.
No goals were scored in the third period.
Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger was perfect in the tiebreaker. In regulation time, he faced 20 shots while Quick was tested 25 times.
