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.

Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby broke Wayne Gretzky's record for most point-per-game seasons on Friday evening by notching his 20th-ever campaign following a goal against the Buffalo Sabres. Crosby's first-period goal off assists from Rickard Rakell and Matt Grzelcyk gave him 26 goals and 54 assists for 80 points this year.