Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby turned the tenth participant in NHL historical past to attain 1,600 factors due to an help on a Bryan Rust energy play within the first interval towards the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday evening.
Final 12 months, the 37-year-old Crosby surpassed Hockey Corridor of Famer Phil Esposito together with his 1,591st level to take sole possession of tenth place on the scoring record.
Moreover, with 52 assists in 2023-24, he turned solely the 14th skater to gather over 1,000 in his profession and stays the energetic chief in assists and factors.
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With 59X objectives, Crosby is on the verge of changing into the twenty first participant to affix the 600-goal membership. With three seasons to go on his deal, he can attain 700 objectives and 1,800 factors.
For now, here is the place Crosby ranks within the NHL’s top-scoring record and the names he’ll be chasing for the subsequent few seasons.
10. Sidney Crosby – 1,600
Crosby turned the most recent participant with 1,600 factors and joins Joe Sakic, Mario Lemieux, and Steve Yzerman as the one gamers this excessive on the record to realize these factors with one franchise.
9. Joe Sakic – 1,641
Sakic stayed with the Quebec Nordiques after they turned the Colorado Avalanche and went on to captain them to 2 Stanley Cup titles. As a feared sniper throughout his taking part in profession, he has the third-fewest profession objectives (625) within the high ten.
8. Mario Lemieux – 1,723
If Lemieux had stayed wholesome his total profession, there’s an argument that he would not rank so low at No. 8. Nonetheless, he skated in solely 915 video games and nonetheless scored 1,723 factors. Lemieux is the one participant within the high 50 all-time scorers who did not attain 1,000 video games.
7. Steve Yzerman – 1,755
Yzerman performed his total profession with the Detroit Crimson Wings, and despite the fact that scoring was up throughout his period, his 1,755 factors nonetheless did not match Gordie Howe’s profession totals within the Motor Metropolis. Nonetheless, Yzerman stays the longest-serving captain in NHL historical past, a mark Crosby will quickly break.
6. Marcel Dionne – 1,771
Marcel Dionne is usually thought-about the best NHL participant who by no means received the Stanley Cup. Because the third participant to attain 700 objectives, he by no means performed on a contender and solely received one scoring title.
5. Ron Francis – 1,798
Ron Francis quietly turned the NHL’s fifth-leading scorer due to his talents as a playmaker. Traditionally, he ranks behind Gretzky in profession assists. With solely 549 objectives, he ranks lifeless final in lamplighters by each participant within the high ten.
4. Gordie Howe – 1,850
Howe stays probably the most dominant skilled gamers ever. He performed for what appeared endlessly and set each vital file throughout his 26 seasons within the NHL. Ultimately, Gretzky surpassed him and, ultimately, a handful of different legends. Nonetheless, there’ll at all times be only one “Mr. Hockey.”
3. Mark Messier – 1,887
When Mark Messier retired, he was solely the third participant to gather over 1,800 factors, with Gretzky and Howe rating second in video games performed behind Howe. Though Patrick Marleau bumped him down a notch on that record, “The Moose” stays the one captain in NHL historical past to guide two completely different franchises to the Stanley Cup.
2. Jaromir Jagr – 1,921
Jaromir Jagr got here inside 79 factors of changing into solely the second participant to achieve 2,000 factors. Can anybody think about his remaining totals if he hadn’t performed within the KHL for 3 seasons in his prime? As of 2024, Jagr’s place because the NHL’s second-leading scorer is protected for the foreseeable future since Crosby would want 321 factors to catch him.
1. Wayne Gretzky – 2,857
Do you know that if Gretzky by no means scored a objective, his 1,963 assists would nonetheless make him the all-time main scorer? Since breaking Howe’s level whole file in 1989 and his objective file in 1993, Gretzky has been the king of the mountain. Though nobody will ever catch his level totals, Alex Ovechkin is inching nearer to surpassing his objective whole and will grow to be the primary participant to internet 900 objectives.
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