Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin have been linked together since both No. 1 overall picks entered the league in 2005-06.
So while Washington Capitals star Ovechkin is chasing down Wayne Gretzky's career goal record, Pittsburgh Penguins star Crosby passed The Great One in another category on Thursday night.
Crosby guaranteed that he will record his 20th season of averaging at least one point a game, breaking the record of 19 he had shared with Gretzky. Crosby, who's missed two games this season, needed to reach 80 points and he accomplished that by scoring a first-period goal against the Buffalo Sabres.