(Pittsburgh) Sidney Crosby became the 21ste player in National Hockey League history to reach the 600-goal mark on Saturday evening.
Posted yesterday at 9:32 p.m.
Dan Scifo
Associated Press
The captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins achieved the feat in the second period against the Utah hockey club, but he saw his team lose 6-1.
“It’s obviously not pleasant,” Crosby admitted after a 14e defeat of his team in 18 matches. I thought we hit our stride and were doing good things, but Utah scored shortly after. We were still in the match despite everything, but it got ruined later. »
Crosby scored with 10 seconds remaining on a Penguins two-man power play. The team’s bench immediately emptied, as all the players jumped on the ice to celebrate.
After the goal was announced, the crowd gave Crosby a standing ovation and the Penguins center saluted the fans and raised his stick in the air.
“I’ve been blessed to be able to hit some of these big milestones here at home, to have my family and to be able to do it in front of my home crowd,” Crosby said. I think it’s even more special to be able to do it at home. »
Crosby and Alex Ovechkin are the only active players to have scored 600 goals in the NHL.
Crosby became the seventh player in history to score 600 goals with a single team. He joined Mario Lemieux (690), who was until then the only player to have reached this plateau with the Penguins.
“It’s a great number,” Crosby said simply of the 600 goals. I think it’s something you think about more once you’re done playing. »
The captain of the Penguins, who played a 1295e match, also overtook Patrice Bergeron in 18e rank in history for the greatest number of encounters with a single formation.
Dylan Guenther, twice, Nick Bjugstad, Jack McBain, Mikhail Sergachev and Alexander Kerfoot lit the red light for Utah, which ended a three-game losing streak.
Karel Vejmelka stopped 27 shots in the victory, while his opposite number Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 24 shots.
