VIDEO: Sidney Crosby ruthlessly shoots Talbot on the power play

At the end of the first period of Pittsburgh Penguins vs. LA Kings, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby scored his 31st goal of the season and 581st goal of the regular season.

Sidney Crosby still has a lethal shot

At the end of the first period, the Pittsburgh Penguins took advantage of the exclusion of Los Angeles Pierre forward Luc Dubois. At 18:43, Sidney Crosby struck with a deadly shot from the circle, beating Cam Talbot with an uncompromising shot. Crosby scored his 31st goal of the season.

The action was preceded by a game-winning goal when Bryan Rust sent a pass into the blue line to quarterback Karlsson. And with the crossing pass he found a free Crosby, who from the first shot burned through everything in his path. Crosby scored his 581st goal of the regular season. And he is still 20 accurate shots away from equaling the 20th leading scorer Jari Kurri.

12. the most productive player in NHL history now has 1,557 points and is just 22 points shy of equaling 11th-ranked Boston Bruins legend Ray Borque. Considering that he has 55 points in 52 games played, 22 points is well within his reach.

Even at 36 years old, he’s still picking up more than one point per game and has 30 games left to play before the end of the regular season, barring injuries, for example. Moreover, Crosby can also already think boldly about breaking the club record for points.

He is also targeting another club record

The record is still held by one of the best hockey players in history, Mario Lemieux. He accumulated a hard-to-believe 1,723 points in just 915 games played. This season, Mario has already broken one record. It is the number of seasons played for Pittsburgh. Crosby is in his 19th season with Pittsburgh.

He is also a legend in the fact that he has never fallen below 1 point per game in each of his 19 seasons. However, otherwise, Pittsburgh is not doing well this season. The threat of missing the playoffs looms over the team.

With another defeat, the Penguins’ deficit to the playoffs has already grown to seven points. Pittsburgh has 30 games left. In which there is a chance to get 60 points to do something about it. But they can’t lose points, especially on home ice.

Source: NHL