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Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby could become all-time leading scorer in franchise history this weekend, set to pass legendary Quebecer Mario Lemieux

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby could become all-time leading scorer in franchise history this weekend, set to pass legendary Quebecer Mario Lemieux

Sidney Crosby could take advantage of his visit to Montreal on Saturday to become the all-time leading scorer for the Pittsburgh Penguins, surpassing the legendary Quebecer Mario Lemieux. Goaltender Linus Ullmark shut out Crosby and the Penguins with a 4-0 score on Thursday night in Ottawa. With 1,722 career points, Crosby is still one point shy of matching Lemieux’s total. At the same time, Crosby is eyeing eighth place on the NHL’s all-time regular-season scoring list. The Canadiens and Penguins face off twice in as many days, Saturday in Montreal and Sunday in Pittsburgh. In 53 career games against the Canadiens, Crosby has recorded 70 points. Over 20 years ago, Lemieux scored his 690th and final career goal in a game against the Canadiens on Nov. 10, 2005, at Mellon Arena. The Quebecer’s point total was later completed on Dec. 16 of that same year with an assist on a goal by Zigmund Palffy. In addition to Lemieux, another player provided an assist on that sequence: Crosby. The former Rimouski Oceanic staRead More

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