Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell also going for personal milestones this season

Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe biggest thing Pittsburgh Penguins fans are watching over the next handful of games is when Sidney Crosby will get one more point to secure his 20th consecutive point-per-game season, breaking a record previously held by Wayne Gretzky. It is not going to get much fanfare around the league, or perhaps even from the league itself, and it is not really something that has ever really been on anybody’s radar until recently, but it is still an incredible accomplishment. Like I have said here before regarding it, it is perhaps the best objective, numbers-based testament to Crosby’s dominance and consistency that he has been able to produce at this level for two decades in the NHL. Especially since a significant part of his career took place during one of the lowest-scoring eras in league history, and when point-per-game seasons were nearly unheard of.

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