Scott Mayfield of the New York Islanders takes a third period penalty for holding Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Four at the Nassau Coliseum on May 22, 2021. Credit: Getty Images/Bruce Bennett
Defending Sidney Crosby is more than a one-man, one-line, or one-defense pair job.
The Penguins superstar center is the leader in playoff scoring among active players, with 190 points in 172 games entering Game 5 of Pittsburgh’s first-round series against the Islanders Monday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. And Crosby, 33, is second in scoring among active players (behind 41-year-old Joe Thornton), with 1,325 points in 1,039 regular-season games over 16 seasons.