Sidney Crosby passed a milestone last night recording his 800th career NHL assist. The impressive part is the company he’s in by getting to that mark so quickly.
The other thing is, you don’t see any Crosby contemporaries rack up assists like this these days. The last player to get 800 assists in under 1,000 games was Mario Lemieux in 1996. The last in general was Steve Yzerman in 1997. It’s been 23 years since the NHL has had a player like Crosby join this type of rare air.
Fittingly, career assist No.