Crosby becomes 15th NHL player to reach 1,500 points

Pittsburgh Penguins superstar captain Sidney Crosby collected two goals and an assist on Saturday afternoon to become the 15th player in NHL history to record 1,500 career points.

It was the 1,188th game for Crosby, with only Wayne Gretzky (620), Mario Lemieux (747), Marcel Dionne (1,078), Jaromir Jagr (1,165) and Phil Esposito (1,166) as the lone NHL players requiring fewer games to reach the milestone.

True to form, Crosby kept Pittsburgh's postseason aspirations ahead of his own accomplishment. The Penguins (40-30-10, 90 points) moved into the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference following their win over the Red Wings, although the Florida Panthers (41-31-7, 89 points) and New York Islanders (40-30-9, 89 points) play later on Saturday.

"Obviously, the most important thing is the next game in our situation here. The urgency and desperation ... that's what I'm thinking about more than the numbers," Crosby said. "But it's a nice number, and a lot of guys are a big part of that, a couple of them for a long time. But I think that's just a product of some guys that I've played with over the years. It's just a nice number."

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