Sidney Crosby is one of the best players ever, 19 seasons in his historic NHL Career, he is still absolutely amazing.
Crosby scored 42 goals, the most since he won the Richard trophy in 2016-17, which he scored 44 goals. He went over the 40-goal mark for just the third time in his career. Crosby’s 94 points represented a one point improvement from 2022-23 and his highest output since 2018-19 when he last hit 100+ points in a season. He also played all 82 games for the second straight season.
There were also four huge milestones for Crosby this season. He eclipsed the 1,200 games played mark early on to extend his franchise record in that category. In a game vs the Detroit Red Wings, Crosby scored a goal to move into the Top 10 all-time in scoring and Crosby also reached the 1000+ Assists mark, Finally, there was the often talked about consecutive points per game streak which he pushed to 19 straight seasons, tying him with the iconic Wayne Gretzky.
Sidney Crosby’s Analytical Stats.
Via Natrual Stattrick.
It’s ranked out of the 17 qualified Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2023-2024 Season.
Corsi For%: 55.3% (2nd)
Goals For%: 51.0% (11th)
xGF%: 55.1% (3rd)
Scoring Chance %: 55.6% (2nd)
High Danger Scoring Chance%: 56.2% (5th)
5v5 on-ice shooting%: 9.8% (4th)
On-ice save%: .882% (15th)
Goals/60: 1.12 (3rd)
Assist/60: 1.65 (2nd)
Points/60: 2.76 (1st)
These Stats show Sidney Crosby is still absolutely amazing and does everything for his team, even at age 36.
Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines.
Line 1: (LW) Drew O’Connor – (C) Sidney Crosby – (RW) Bryan Rust
Line 2: (LW) Micheal Bunting – (C) Evgeni Malkin – (RW) Rickard Rakell
Line 3: (LW) Anthony Beauvillier – (C) Kevin Hayes – (RW) Valtteri Puustinen
Line 4: (LW) Blake Lizotte – (C) Lars Eller – (RW) Noel Acciari
Sidney Crosby as every year basically of his career, will be the top center on the Pittsburgh Penguins, he certainly will be on the top Power Play unit with Micheal Bunting, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust and Erik Karlsson.
Final Thoughts.
The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t the Stanley Cup Contender they used to be, but Sidney Crosby is a huge reason that the Penguins are not rebuilding right now, with only one year left on hus 12 year, $104,400,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, including $104,400,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $8,700,000. In 2024-25, Crosby will earn a base salary of $3,000,000, while carrying a cap hit of $8,700,000.
It’s Expected that Sidney Crosby will sign a new contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, for potentially a 3 year deal in the 10 million AAV, 30 million+ in total range.
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