Sidney Crosby avoids unwanted record with goal in Penguins-Blackhawks clash

SIDNEY CROSBY 🐧

He's got his first goal of the season!

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And with that goal, Crosby avoided setting a new personal record he surely never wanted to reach.

“Sidney Crosby scores his first goal of the season, He had been scoreless in his first 6 games this season, which was tied for the most games without a goal to start a season in his career,” ESPN Insights shared via a social media post on X, formerly Twitter.

Erik Karlsson was credited with an assist on that goal from Crosby, who once failed to score a goal in six straight games to open the season during the 2018-19 campaign. Interestingly enough, that season was the last time Crosby managed to record at least 100 points, finishing the campaign with 35 goals and 65 assists in 79 games.

Crosby did not stop with that first-period goal, as he found the back of the net for the second time in the Blackhawks game in the third period off the assists from Connor Dewar and Samuel Girard to tie the score at 2-2.