Named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in January 2017, Crosby has won the Stanley Cup three times. At age 21, he became the youngest captain of a championship team when Pittsburgh defeated Detroit in seven games of the 2009 Stanley Cup Final. He then won the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2016 and 2017.

Sidney Crosby scores first-period goal against Buffalo Sabres and becomes NHL's all-time record holder for consecutive point per game seasons

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby sat slumped at his locker stall Thursday night focused more on his team's latest lopsided loss than the personal milestone of breaking an NHL record he shared with Wayne Gretzky for point-per-game consistency.