Sidney Crosby is Simply Amazing

Pittsburgh Penguins’ superstar, Sidney Crosby, was his typical modest self, when asked about not only scoring his 100^th career goal but also notching his 200^th assists — in a 4-1 win at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

This 21 year-old captain, who came into play with only four assists thus far, knew it was only a matter of time before he busted out on the score sheet.

“I felt like I was doing some good things, but the puck just wasn’t going in,” he said.

Trailing 1-0, Crosby, who often draws comparisons to a young Wayne Gretzky, earned that milestone assist when, after he was stoned from the slot, his line mate, Pascal Dupuis scored on the rebound.

“Crosby is the best player in the league,” said Dupuis, who now has two goals in his past three games.

On the second Pens’ goal, Crosby showed his tremendous vision, as he threaded a pin point pass, that went between Toronto Maple Leafs’ rookie defenseman, Luke Shenn’s legs, and right onto the stick of line mate, Miroslav Satan; who standing alone beside the net, had an easy tap in.

“ Sidney was on tonight, and kind of sunk us,” said Leafs’ goalie, Curtis Joseph.

 “He’s got great speed, and obviously his slap-passes are pretty accurate. Usually the best players keep you guessing, and he certainly does that out there.”

Crosby’s milestone goal, which was not exactly one of his prettiest, came late in the third period. Carrying the puck into the Leafs zone, this slick forward, first avoided a Joseph poke check, before firing a hard backhander towards the slot, where the puck took a crazy bounce off of a Leaf player, and bounced into the vacant net.

“I was just throwing it out front,” Crosby said. “Throw it at the net, and good things happen. I got a great bounce.”

The fourth point came on an assist to Petr Sykora, who scored his first goal of the season.

Honorable mentions for his play goes to Crosby’s line mate, Evgeni Malkin, who had four assists on the night, including his 200^th career point.

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