Two nights after passing Mario Lemieux for the most points in franchise history (regular season and playoffs), Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby tied Lemieux's franchise record for multi-point games on Thursday. 

Crosby notched his 497th multi-point game against the Florida Panthers, which is now tied for the franchise record. It's only a matter of time before Crosby secures his 498th multi-point game and has the record for himself. His 497 multi-point games are also tied with Lemieux for the sixth-most in NHL history.

Crosby had a vintage performance against the Panthers on Thursday and was one of the biggest reasons why the Penguins skated away with a 5-3 win. He opened the scoring with a blistering one-timer on the power play in the first period before getting a secondary assist on Rickard Rakell's goal that made it 2-0. 

He scored his second goal of the game in the third period to make it a 5-3 game. It was also the Penguins' second power play goal of the contest. He finished off a brilliant tic-tac-toe play and beat Bobrovsky with a one-timer by the net. 

Crosby's performance helped the Penguins improve to 6-2-0 as they continue to play some great hockey. The Penguins will be back in action on Saturday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

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