Two nights after passing Mario Lemieux for the most points in franchise history (regular season and playoffs), Pittsburgh Penguins [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/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 [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/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. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/columbus-blue-jackets] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bookmark THN - Pittsburgh Penguins on your Google News tab [https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMK-q0gsw7sXpAw/sections/CAQqEAgAKgcICjCvqtILMO7F6QMwquDfCA?hl=en-CA&gl=CA&ceid=CA%3Aen] to follow the latest Penguins news, roster moves, player features, and more!
