Monday was another big night for Sidney Crosby and the surprising Pittsburgh Penguins . In addition to leading the Penguins to their fifth win in their last six games, Crosby made NHL history by becoming the ninth player to register 1,700 career points and is the fourth-fastest player to reach that number.

Only Wayne Gretzky, fellow Penguins icon Mario Lemieux and Marcel Dionne tallied 1,700 points in fewer games than Crosby, who reached that milestone in his 1,362nd game. Crosby surpassed another Penguins great Jaromir Jagr, who recorded his 1,700th career point in his 1,408th game.

Crosby, who is also only the fourth player to score 1,700 points with one team, tallied three points during Monday's 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues . He had two assists before getting scoring his s

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