Some players who compile 100 points would be perfectly content to mail it in defensively. Sidney Crosby is not one of those guys.
As Crosby enters his 15th NHL season, and as he climbs the all-time scoring list, Crosby has is stepping up his defensive game. Last year, Crosby racked up the second-highest number of takeaways (54) of his career, ranking behind only his 2008-09 campaign. He also posted the second-best Defensive Point Share (DPS) total of his career. DPS measures the value of a skater’s defensive contributions in terms of his team’s overall points total in the standings. Crosby chipped in 2.4 points with his strong defensive play in 2018-19, which places behind only his 2.8 DPS…
