Dan Muse warned against taking the greatness of this core for granted after witnessing a few more milestones in the Penguins' 9-4 win over the Panthers on Saturday.
"You can't take this for granted just because you keep seeing milestones being hit," Muse said. "Some people never get to see things like this happen."
Sidney Crosby had two assists in the win, tying and then surpassing Steve Yzerman for the seventh-most points in NHL history. He's just 15 points shy of tying Marcel Dionne for the sixth-most all-time now.
Evgeni Malkin blew past the 1,400-point milestone with a hat trick and an assist, bringing him to 1,403 career points by the end of the night. He's the 23rd player in NHL history to hit the milestone, and the 15th-fastest. He's only the fifth non-North-American-born to hit 1,400 points, joining only Jaromir Jagr (1,921), Alex Ovechkin (1,682), Stan Mikita (1,467) and Teemu Selanne (1,457).
The Penguins enter Sunday's game against the Panthers on the verge of two more big milestones -- Crosby is a point away from clinching his 21st point-per-game season, which would extend his lead on the record for number of such seasons that he already broke last season. Bryan Rust also sits at 499 career points, looking to be the 11th player in franchise history to record 500 with the team.
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More milestones for Crosby, Malkin
Dan Muse warned against taking the greatness of this core for granted after witnessing a few more milestones in the Penguins' 9-4 win over the Panthers on Saturday.
"You can't take this for granted just because you keep seeing milestones being hit," Muse said. "Some people never get to see things like this happen."
Sidney Crosby had two assists in the win, tying and then surpassing Steve Yzerman for the seventh-most points in NHL history. He's just 15 points shy of tying Marcel Dionne for the sixth-most all-time now.
Evgeni Malkin blew past the 1,400-point milestone with a hat trick and an assist, bringing him to 1,403 career points by the end of the night. He's the 23rd player in NHL history to hit the milestone, and the 15th-fastest. He's only the fifth non-North-American-born to hit 1,400 points, joining only Jaromir Jagr (1,921), Alex Ovechkin (1,682), Stan Mikita (1,467) and Teemu Selanne (1,457).
The Penguins enter Sunday's game against the Panthers on the verge of two more big milestones -- Crosby is a point away from clinching his 21st point-per-game season, which would extend his lead on the record for number of such seasons that he already broke last season. Bryan Rust also sits at 499 career points, looking to be the 11th player in franchise history to record 500 with the team.
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