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Crosby can become youngest player to score 200 points

Mar 2, 2007 - 3:26 PM Pittsburgh (34-20-9) at Carolina (32-27-7) 7:00 pm EST

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Ticker) -- After helping his team win a shootout, Sidney Crosby takes aim at one of Wayne Gretzky's records.

Crosby needs one point to become the youngest player to score 200 career points and three to reach 100 for the second consecutive season Friday when the Penguins visit the Carolina Hurricanes.

The league leader in assists (71) and points (97), Crosby is 19 years, 207 days old and can top Gretzky's 200-point mark by 140 days. Crosby has one goal and 14 assists in his last 12 contests and scored the lone goal in a shootout in Thursday's 4-3 win over the New York Rangers.

Rookie Jordan Staal and Colby Armstrong scored shorthanded goals in a 2:29 span of the third period to help the Penguins snap a two-game losing streak and move within nine points of the New Jersey Devils in the Atlantic Division race.

Carolina comes off a pair of defeats to the Ottawa Senators and is in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, one point behind the Montreal Canadiens for the final postseason berth.

The Hurricanes failed to score on 27 shots on goal in their seventh shutout loss of the campaign, a 2-0 defeat to the Senators.

After Carolina won the first two meetings of the season against Pittsburgh, the Penguins came back with a 3-0 victory in their most recent encounter January 2. Crosby scored twice and added an assist.








  • NHL
    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PITTSBURGH 1 1 0 2
    CAROLINA 0 2 1 3 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: PIT - SIDNEY CROSBY 27 (JORDAN STAAL, ROB SCUDERI) 14:23
    2ND PRD: CAR - SCOTT WALKER 18 (NICLAS WALLIN, JOSEF VASICEK) 7:28
    CAR - FRANTISEK KABERLE 2 (JUSTIN WILLIAMS, ANDREW LADD)
    8:35
    PIT - RYAN MALONE 13 (COLBY AR

    Mar 2 9:30 PM
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    roots
    RUWTbot Added 15 roots

    Penguins vs. HurricanesMar 2 9:27 PM


  • NHL
    PITTSBURGH 2
    CAROLINA 3
    3RD PRD: CAR - SCOTT WALKER 19 (CORY STILLMAN, MIKE COMMODORE) 11:33

    Penguins vs. HurricanesMar 2 9:16 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PITTSBURGH 1 1 2
    CAROLINA 0 2 2 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: PIT - SIDNEY CROSBY 27 (JORDAN STAAL, ROB SCUDERI) 14:23
    2ND PRD: CAR - SCOTT WALKER 18 (NICLAS WALLIN, JOSEF VASICEK) 7:28
    CAR - FRANTISEK KABERLE 2 (JUSTIN WILLIAMS, ANDREW LADD)
    8:35
    PIT - RYAN MALONE

    Mar 2 8:40 PM


  • NHL
    PITTSBURGH 2
    CAROLINA 2
    2ND PRD: PIT - RYAN MALONE 13 (COLBY ARMSTRONG, MAXIME TALBOT) 10:24

    Penguins vs. HurricanesMar 2 8:21 PM


  • NHL
    PITTSBURGH 1
    CAROLINA 2
    2ND PRD: CAR - FRANTISEK KABERLE 2 (JUSTIN WILLIAMS, ANDREW LADD) 8:35

    Penguins vs. HurricanesMar 2 8:19 PM


  • NHL
    PITTSBURGH 1
    CAROLINA 1
    2ND PRD: CAR - SCOTT WALKER 18 (NICLAS WALLIN, JOSEF VASICEK) 7:28

    Penguins vs. HurricanesMar 2 8:17 PM


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    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PITTSBURGH 1 1
    CAROLINA 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: PIT - SIDNEY CROSBY 27 (JORDAN STAAL, ROB SCUDERI) 14:23
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    PIT 10 10
    CAR 9 9
    GOALIES: PIT - JOCELYN THIBAULT

    Mar 2 7:44 PM


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    PITTSBURGH 1
    CAROLINA 0
    1ST PRD: PIT - SIDNEY CROSBY 27 (JORDAN STAAL, ROB SCUDERI) 14:23

    Penguins vs. HurricanesMar 2 7:35 PM

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