{"id":460247,"date":"2025-01-09T19:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T00:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=460247"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:36:47","slug":"sidney-crosby-ninth-all-time-nhl-scoring-list-pittsburgh-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/09\/sidney-crosby-ninth-all-time-nhl-scoring-list-pittsburgh-penguins\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidney Crosby Moves Into Ninth All-Time on the NHL&#8217;s Scoring List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One of the all-time playing legends makes another historic chapter in his novel of his NHL career. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/09\/nhl-predictions-penguins-oilers\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> long-time superstar centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crosbsi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sidney Crosby<\/a> has surpassed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sakicjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Sakic<\/a> for ninth on the all-time point list at 1642. He achieved the feat tonight, against none other than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor McDavid<\/a> led Edmonton Oilers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sidney Crosby Now Has the Ninth Most Points in NHL History<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NgK2Ebolq6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/11\/14\/edmonton-oiler-achieves-milestone-at-one-of-best-all-time-paces\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmonton Oiler Star Achieves Milestone<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Edmonton Oiler Star Achieves Milestone&#8221; &#8212; Last Word On Hockey\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/11\/14\/edmonton-oiler-achieves-milestone-at-one-of-best-all-time-paces\/embed\/#?secret=9cXJrtQwyR#?secret=NgK2Ebolq6\" data-secret=\"NgK2Ebolq6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/11\/23\/pittsburgh-penguin-great-hits-significant-career-milestone-mark\/\" target=\"_self\">Crosby has been one of the most consistent point producers of all time<\/a>. That is remarkable having played through some low-scoring seasons with the goaltenders stealing the show. As an example, think back to the 2014-15 campaign, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Benn<\/a> won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rossar01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art Ross<\/a> Trophy with a mere 87 points. 87? Oh yeah, and for Sid, he has always been one of the faces of the league, even back to his rookie season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SID IS MOVING UP THE RANKS AGAIN! \ud83d\udc27<\/p>\n<p>With his 1,642nd career point, he is now 9th all-time! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3CKFc5tMOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3CKFc5tMOw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL (@NHL) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHL\/status\/1877517233422749766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That season, 2005-06, Crosby and <em>the Great 8<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/ovechal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Ovechkin<\/a>, battled it out for the rookie scoring title. Ovechkin, being two years his senior, and having professional experience, won it, but the two have had an intense rivalry ever since. It is helped fuel Crosby into his own personal scoring success. Seven times throughout Crosby&#8217;s career he has hit 60 assists or more, and he&#8217;s on pace to do it this year at age 37. He has won the Rocket Richard Trophy twice and eclipsed 50 once, the first time he captured the award. Needless to say, this is quite the feat, but what about the player he passes?<\/p>\n<h3>Joe Sakic Now Sits Tenth All-Time on the NHL&#8217;s Point List<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2018<em>Burnaby Joe<\/em>\u2019 was always a terrific player in the league and possessed a legendary wrister. No goalie in the league wanted him at the top of the circle off the rush. Twice Sakic hit the 50-goal mark and like Sid, seven times hit 60 assists. Six times he hit the century mark for points throughout his illustrious career.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Passing him is a truly enormous feat. Between the two, there\u2019s five Stanley Cups. Naturally, <em>the Kid<\/em> who\u2019s passing the retired Av great has the 3-2 edge. Both had significant success as respective members of best-on-best Team Canadas. You might recall the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics when Sid buried <em>the Golden Goal<\/em> versus the Team USA in overtime. He has been a champion his whole career and a truly great player besides. Furthermore,<a  href=\"https:\/\/records.nhl.com\/records\/skater-records\/points\/most-points-career\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> this milestone<\/a> caps up quite the run of excellence this season already. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/crosby-passes-bergeron-for-most-faceoff-wins-in-nhl-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He recently passed<\/a> Patrice Bergeron as the league&#8217;s all-time leader in faceoff victories. Also, earlier in the campaign he hit 600 goals and passed Mario as the franchise&#8217;s most prolific assist gainer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 485px;\" width=\"429\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"37\">Rank<\/td>\n<td width=\"101\">Player<\/td>\n<td width=\"39\">GP<\/td>\n<td width=\"35\">G<\/td>\n<td width=\"35\">A<\/td>\n<td width=\"35\">Pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gretzwa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Gretzky<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1,487<\/td>\n<td>894<\/td>\n<td>1963<\/td>\n<td>2857<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.<\/td>\n<td>Jaromir Jagr<\/td>\n<td>1,733<\/td>\n<td>766<\/td>\n<td>1155<\/td>\n<td>1921<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/messima01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Messier<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1,756<\/td>\n<td>694<\/td>\n<td>1193<\/td>\n<td>1887<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/howego01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordie Howe<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1,767<\/td>\n<td>801<\/td>\n<td>1049<\/td>\n<td>1850<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/francro01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Francis<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1,731<\/td>\n<td>549<\/td>\n<td>1249<\/td>\n<td>1798<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dionnma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcel Dionne<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1,348<\/td>\n<td>731<\/td>\n<td>1040<\/td>\n<td>1771<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/y\/yzermst01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Yzerman<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1514<\/td>\n<td>692<\/td>\n<td>1063<\/td>\n<td>1755<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lemiema01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mario Lemieux<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1,378<\/td>\n<td>690<\/td>\n<td>1033<\/td>\n<td>1723<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.<\/td>\n<td>Sidney Crosby<\/td>\n<td>1,313<\/td>\n<td>603<\/td>\n<td>1039<\/td>\n<td>1642<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.<\/td>\n<td>Joe Sakic<\/td>\n<td>1,282<\/td>\n<td>625<\/td>\n<td>1016<\/td>\n<td>1641<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/esposph01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Esposito<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1,449<\/td>\n<td>717<\/td>\n<td>873<\/td>\n<td>1590<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12.<\/td>\n<td>Alex Ovechkin<\/td>\n<td>1,449<\/td>\n<td>872<\/td>\n<td>708<\/td>\n<td>1580<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the all-time playing legends makes another historic chapter in his novel of his NHL career. The Pittsburgh Penguins long-time superstar centre Sidney Crosby has surpassed Joe Sakic for ninth on the all-time point list at 1642. He achieved the feat tonight, against none other than the Connor McDavid led Edmonton Oilers.\u00a0 Sidney Crosby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":454480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,4547,34,4548,2143],"tags":[2001,6022,140],"class_list":["post-460247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-penguins","category-featured","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-nhl-all-time-best","tag-joe-sakic","tag-pittsburgh-penguins-news","tag-sidney-crosby"],"modified_by":"Colton Osmond, Dept Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460575,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460247\/revisions\/460575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}