PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, passing Joe Sakic for ninth all-time in points in a 5-3 win for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Edmonton Oilers at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday. Crosby reached 1,643 points (604 goals, 1,039 assists), ahead of Sakic (1,641) and behind Mario Lemieux (1,723) in eighth.

The Penguins captain tied Hall of Famer Joe Sakic at 1,641 points with an assist on Bryan ... Alex Nedeljkovic made 40 stops for the Penguins and Rickard Rakell scored his team-high 21st goal as Pittsburgh won without injured center Evgeni Malkin.

Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists vs. Edmonton, as he passed Hall of Famer Joe Sakic to move into ninth on the NHL's career scoring list with 1,643 points.

In the fourteenth weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot, the division had a combined four regulation losses. The Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders even got hot. All this and more in this week’s snapshot.

Sidney Crosby comes into the Pittsburgh Penguins' home game against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday as the ninth-leading point producer in NHL history.

Tyler Herro scored 23 points and Jaime Jaquez had 20, including five in the final 1:03, to lead the Miami Heat to a 97-92 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. In a ragged game with 31 combined turnovers and both teams shooting under 40%,

The Edmonton Oilers saw their four-game winning streak come to an end on Thursday (Jan. 9), with a 5-3 loss to the host Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.

Sidney Crosby moved up in the NHL record book and Bryan Rust ignited a four-goal outburst in the first period as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Thursday. It was the Penguins’ first win over the Oilers in more than five years.

The Penguins captain tied Hall of Famer Joe Sakic at 1,641 points with an assist on Bryan ... Alex Nedeljkovic made 40 stops for the Penguins and Rickard Rakell scored his team-high 21st goal as Pittsburgh won without injured center Evgeni Malkin.

The Pens poured it on. Proud Notre Dame man Bryan Rust made a strong effort for the goal — much like Jerimiyah Love also did on this night in a different venue — and found his mark. 2-0 Pens. Pittsburgh’s third line got to work,

Rakell scored a power-play goal on two shots in Friday's 5-2 win over the Sabres. Rakell's goal early in the second period tied the game at 1-1. The 31-year-old forward has not slowed down in ...

At No. 44 is Joe Sakic, the Colorado Avalanche's president of hockey operations. One of the most decorated players in the NHL and internationally, Sakic spent eight years as GM, ending with a Cup ...