Penguins’ Sidney Crosby passes Steve Yzerman for seventh all-time in NHL scoring
Sidney Crosby continued to push his name up in the NHL record books.
On Saturday, the 38-year-old surpassed Steve Yzerman in all-time regular-season points, becoming the seventh-highest-scoring player of all time with 1,756 total career points, including 653 goals and 1102 assists in 1,417 games.
The three-time Stanley Cup champion picked up his 40th and 41st assists of the season in the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ dominant 9-4 victory against the Florida Panthers, first with a power-play helper to Erik Karlsson, before setting up longtime teammate Evgeni Malkin later in the second period.
With Yzerman now in Crosby’s rearview, the native of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, looks to chase down Marcel Dionne, who sits sixth on the all-time scoring lists with 1,771 points.
Sidney Crosby tallies an assist and ties Steve Yzerman for the seventh-most points in NHL history with 1,755! 👏
While Crosby won’t hit that mark this season, with five games left in the Penguins’ schedule, doing so in the final year of his current contract in 2026-27 stands probable. At the same time, he will look to find his way into the top five on the list, with fifth place currently held by Ron Francis at 1,798 points.
The final four atop the list ahead of Francis include Wayne Gretzky, Jaromir Jagr, Mark Messier, and Gordie Howe, led by Gretzky’s insurmountable 2,857 points, featuring 1,963 assists.
Crosby’s points tally was far from the lone historic moment in the game as well, as his assist to Malkin brought the Russian forward to 1,400 points, becoming just the 23rd player in NHL history to reach that mark and one of three currently playing in the league, alongside Crosby and the Washington Capitals’ star Alexander Ovechkin.
With Saturday’s win in the books, the Penguins crept closer to clinching a berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs. They are looking to return to the postseason for the first time since 2022, with eyes on winning a playoff series for the first time since 2018.