Two years ago, Malkin assisted Crosby on his 500th goal and Crosby was able to return the favor Wednesday night. “We probably deserve that,” Malkin said of how Crosby was the

Malkin joined Crosby (592), Washington’s Alex Ovechkin (853) and Nashville’s Steven Stamkos (555) as the only active players with 500 goals. Stamkos achieved it with Tampa Bay. Malkin also joins Ovechkin as the only Russian-born players in NHL history to reach the mark.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin scored his 500th career goal on Wednesday at PPG Paints against the Buffalo Sabres. With the Russian's historic lamplighter, assisted by captain Sidney Crosby, he gave the Penguins organization three 500-goal scorers in their history.

Sidney Crosby recorded his 1,600th NHL point on Wednesday during the Penguins' game against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena. Penguins legends Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr also reached 1,600 career points.

Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal at 1:38 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Wednesday night. Evgeni Malkin became the 48th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals and Crosby became the 10th player in NHL history to reach 1,

Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby, after reaching the 1,600-point plateau earlier in the Penguins' Wednesday game, fittingly assisted on longtime teammate Evgeni Malkin's 500th goal against the visiting Buffalo Sabres.

There are two cities that would have made poetic sense for P Penguins captain Sidney Crosby to score his 1600th point. One was Montreal, of course, would be Montreal, the closest NHL team to the Nova Scotia native.