Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby became the 21st player in NHL history to score 600 goals when he reached the mark in the second period against the visiting Utah Hockey Club on Saturday night.
Crosby got his 600th with 10 seconds left on a 5-on-3 power play. The Penguins’ bench emptied following the goal. Crosby finished a one-timer from the right side of the net, set up by a pass from Erik Karlsson at 3:11 of the second. After the goal was announced, the crowd gave Crosby a standing ovation and the Penguins’ captain acknowledged the fans and raised his stick in the air.
Crosby provided the only goal in a 6-1 loss to Utah, which got two goals and an assist from Dylan Guenther.
Crosby and Alex Ovechkin are the only active players to have scored at least 600 goals in the NHL. Ovechkin scored his 600th on March 12, 2018, and now has 868 — 26 behind Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record. Crosby is the seventh player in NHL history to score 600 goals with one team.
He joins Mario Lemieux (690) as the only two players to score 600 goals with the Penguins franchise. Pittsburgh is just the second team in NHL history with multiple 600-goal scorers, joining Detroit’s Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman.
STARS 4, LIGHTNING 2: Matt Duchene and Roope Hintz scored in the third period, and Dallas beat host Tampa Bay.
Jake Oettinger stopped 27 shots while improving to 11-3 on the season.
Anthony Cirelli scored twice for Tampa Bay, which had a five-game point streak.
AVALANCHE 7, PANTHERS 4: Jonathan Drouin got his first two goals of the season, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and three assists and visiting Colorado beat Florida.
Colorado got a four-goal second period — with scores from Drouin, Rantanen, Logan O’Connor and Samuel Girard.
DEVILS 3, CAPITALS 2: Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist and New Jersey won at Washington.
Brenden Dillon and Dougie Hamilton also scored for New Jersey.
The Capitals have lost back-to-back games for the first time this season as they continue to adapt to a new reality without Ovechkin.
PREDATORS 4, JETS 1: Roman Josi scored twice and Jonathan Marchessault scored a goal and assisted on another to lead Nashville to a home victory over Winnipeg.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6, CANADIENS 2: Vegas exploded for five unanswered goals in the second period to roll to a road win over Montreal.
Tomas Hertl, Callahan Burke, Ivan Barbashev, Tanner Pearson and Keegan Kolesar each scored in the period.
FLYERS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2 (OT): Matvei Michkov scored a power-play goal in overtime as Philadelphia overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period to beat visiting Chicago.
Michkov took a pass from Travis Konecny on the back door and slammed it home at 1:06 of overtime.
Trailing 2-0 in the third period, Sean Couturier and Noah Cates scored goals 2:38 apart to tie the score.
FLAMES 4, WILD 3 (SO): Rasmus Andersson scored the shootout winner and host Calgary held off Minnesota after blowing a two-goal lead late in the third period.
Kevin Rooney, Martin Pospisil and Yegor Sharangovich scored in regulation for Calgary, which has won four games in a row.
The NHL’s top road team, the Wild have lost only once in regulation in 13 away games.
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