Pens Points: Crosby chases more history

Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning…

ICYMI: Sidney Crosby continues to climb all-time leaderboards and is fewer than 10 points away from toppling one held by franchise giant Mario Lemieux. With two goals on Monday night against the Philadelphia Flyers, Crosby now sits just seven points behind Lemieux for the most regular-season points in Penguins history and eighth most in NHL history. [PensBurgh]

Penguins prospect Will Horcoff, the No. 24 overall selection in June’s entry-level draft, cannot stop scoring goals for the Michigan Wolverines. Through 18 games, he leads the NCAA with 18 goals and, as of Tuesday afternoon, is in a four-way tie for the overall scoring lead nationwide with 26 points. [Trib Live]

News and notes from around the NHL…

The NHL is reminding teams that it is against league rules to take warmups without helmets, saying helmets are mandatory for “all players who entered the NHL beginning with the 2019-2020 season or later,” per Rule 9.6. [ESPN]

It’s been a race against time to see whether the Olympic ice rink for the 2026 tournament in Milan will even be finished, but now, Team Canada assistant coach Pete DeBoer is saying the rink itself may be smaller than a standard NHL rink. [Sportsnet]

St. Louis Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko is considered week-to-week after sustaining burns to his legs as part of a home accident, the team said. [Associated Press]