Crosby made his 1,033rd goal for "Pittsburgh" and repeated Lemieux's record
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“Pittsburgh” in the regular season NHL match at home defeated "Philadelphia" with a score of 7:3.
Sidney Crosby scored 4 (1+3) points for the "Penguins". The Canadian made his 1,033rd goal and caught up with Pittsburgh record holder Mario Lemieux - 1,033 assists in 915 games. It took Crosby 1,308 games to do it.
Lemieux and Crosby rank 12th on the list of the best assist men in NHL history. Above them are Wayne Gretzky (1,963 goal assists), Ron Francis (1,249), Mark Messier (1,193), Ray Bourque (1,169), Jaromir Jagr (1,155), Paul Coffey (1,135), Joe Thornton (1,109), Adam Oates (1,079), Steve Eiserman (1,063), Gordie Howe (1,049) and Marcel Dionne (1,040).