Sunday in the NHL | Sidney Crosby breaks Mario Lemieux’s assist record

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby broke Mario Lemieux’s team record with a 1,034^e assist on Sunday in a 3-2 victory against the New York Islanders.

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Crosby was behind the net when he made a backhand pass to Michael Bunting, who beat Marcus Hogberg on the power play to give his team a 2-0 lead in the second period.

When the goal was announced, play was stopped for a few seconds and Crosby received a standing ovation from the fans.

Crosby finds himself at 12^e rank in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) with his 1,034 assists. Marcel Dionne finds himself in 11^e position with 1040 assists.

Only three players have collected more assists with a team in the history of the Bettman Tour, namely Steve Yzerman (1,063), Wayne Gretzky (1,086) and Raymond Bourque (1,111).

Anthony Beauvillier and Philip Tomasino also found the back of the net for the Penguins, who won their third straight home game. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 29 shots.

Anders Lee scored both Islanders goals and Hogberg finished the game with 38 saves.

Sabres 4-Blues 2

In St. Louis, Jason Zucker broke the tie on the power play with 9:30 left in the third period and the Buffalo Sabers defeated the Blues 4-2.

Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist against his former team and the Sabers won for only the second time in 12 years in St. Louis.

Peyton Krebs and Jiri Kulich scored the other two goals for the Sabres, who won their third straight game. Jack Quinn had two assists and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 35 shots.

Brayden Schenn and Nathan Walker responded for the Blues, who saw their short two-game winning streak snapped. Jordan Binnington made 12 saves.

The Sabers scored twice on their first three shots of the game.

Oilers 3-Ducks 5

In Anaheim, the Ducks scored four consecutive goals to beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3.

Cutter Gauthier, Drew Helleson, Robby Fabbri, Ryan Strome and Mason McTavish, in an empty net, scored for the Ducks, who had lost three of their previous four meetings.

McTavish, Gauthier and Fabbri each added an assist. Lukas Dostal made 20 saves.

Leon Draisaitl scored his 25^e et 26^e goals for the campaign, an NHL high. Evan Bouchard scored the other goal for the Oilers, who lost a second straight game.

Connor McDavid had two assists to extend his point streak to 11. Calvin Pickard stopped 27 pucks.

Capitals 2-Red Wings 4

Patrick Kane scored his 1300^e point in his career and the Red Wings offered their new head coach Todd McLellan a first victory by defeating the Washington Capitals 4-2 in Detroit.

Kane, who needed two points to reach that plateau, scored on the power play and had an assist during a four-goal first period for the Red Wings.

Alex DeBrincat scored twice and Lucas Raymond was the other scorer for the Red Wings, who ended a four-game losing streak. Alex Lyon stopped 26 pucks.

McLellan replaced Derek Lalonde behind the Red Wings bench before a loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday.

Alex Ovechkin scored in his second straight game after missing 16 games with a fractured fibula. He is only 25 goals away from Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894.

Nic Down scored the other Red Wings goal. Charlie Lindgren made 23 saves.

Flames 0-Golden Knights 3

Ilya Samsonov posted a 31-save shutout and the Golden Knights posted their sixth straight victory, this time 3-0 against the Calgary Flames, to join the Winnipeg Jets for first place in the overall NHL standings. , in Las Vegas.

It was a 14^e shutout in 184 games for Samsonov on the Bettman circuit.

Brett Howden and Victor Olofsson gave the Nevada club a two-goal lead, then Tanner Pearson completed the score in an empty cage.

Jack Eichel competed in his 200^e game with the Golden Knights and he got his 207^e point with a help mention. This is the best haul for a player in his first 200 games in team history.

Dan Vladar turned away 34 of the 36 pucks aimed at him in front of the Flames cage, who suffered a first defeat in regulation time in their last six games (3-1-2).

Stars 5-Blackhawks 1

Matt Duchene and Jamie Benn had a goal and two assists to allow the Dallas Stars to defeat the Blackhawks 5-1 in Chicago.

Jason Robertson, Evgenii Dadonov and Wyatt Johnston each scored a goal and added an assist for the Stars, who had lost three of their last four games. Jake Oettinger made 24 saves.

The Blackhawks have lost a fourth straight game and three of four meetings against the Stars this season.

Connor Bedard scored his 10^e goal of the season for the local favorites. Arvid Soderblom made 26 saves.

The Blackhawks’ next game is the Winter Classic against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday at Wrigley Field.

Flyers 4-Kings 5

Anze Kopitar tied the game, then scored the game-winning goal in the third period, and the Kings defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 in Los Angeles.

Kevin Fiala, Adrian Kempe and Warren Foegele also made the red light shine for the Californian team. David Rittich blocked 17 pucks.

Tyson Foerster, Scott Laughton, Matvei Michkov and Joel Farabee responded for the Flyers. Aleksei Kolosov made 15 saves.