The Pittsburgh Penguins have been led by Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang for 19 seasons. Here's a look at the numbers.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have been led by Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang for 19 seasons. Here's a look at the numbers.
When Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang scored a first-period power-play goal on Saturday night, set up by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, it marked the 60th time that the longest-tenured teammates in NHL history connected on a goal.
The trio began playing together during the 2006-07 season and won three Stanley Cup championships, scoring 1,257 goals and 3,643 points.
When digging through the scoring logs, here's a breakdown of those sixty goals, indicated by the player's career goal number.
Evgeni Malkin (28)
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First Malkin-Crosby-Letang goal: Malkin's 50th (Jan. 3, 2008)
First Malkin-Letang-Crosby goal: Malkin's 164th (Nov. 21, 2011)
Sidney Crosby (20)
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First Crosby-Malkin-Letang goal: Crosby's 100th (Oct. 18, 2008)
First Crosby-Letang-Malkin goal: Crosby's 212nd (Dec. 23, 2010)
Kris Letang (12)
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First Letang-Malkin-Crosby goal: Letang's 89th (Dec. 7, 2017)
First Letang-Crosby-Malkin goal: Letang's 3rd (Dec. 3, 2007)
Furthermore, here's a statistical look at the players' impact on each other's careers.
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Although Crosby is still chasing Mario Lemieux for the franchise's all-time scoring record of 1,723 points, Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr (1,079) were at the top before this trio joined the organization. Crosby, Malkin, and Letang have outscored those two hockey legends by 841 points today.
Stathead by Hockey Reference was used to calculate and verify these dates and totals.
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