The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed captain Sidney Crosby to a two-year contract extension, in keeping with an announcement from the staff. The deal will run by the 2026-27 season and carries an average-annual-value of $8.7 million.

“There are not any phrases to correctly describe what Sidney Crosby means to the sport of hockey, the town of Pittsburgh and the Penguins group,” Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas mentioned in a press release. “Sidney is the best participant of his era and one of many biggest gamers within the historical past of the sport. His actions right this moment present why he’s one in every of hockey’s biggest winners and leaders. Sid is making an incredible private sacrifice in an effort to assist the Penguins win, each now and sooner or later, as he has achieved for his whole profession.”

Crosby’s present contract was slated to run out on the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. 

Crosby is ready to embark on his twentieth season with the Penguins after being chosen with the No. 1 choose within the 2005 NHL Draft by the franchise. Over the course of his NHL profession, Crosby’s lengthy listing of accolades contains main the Penguins to 3 Stanley Cups, showing in 10 All-Star Video games, incomes the Hart Trophy as league MVP on two events, and profitable the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP twice.

The Penguins star leads the franchise in video games performed (1,272), even-strength targets (416), even-strength factors (1,025) and game-winning targets (90). Crosby ranks second in targets (592), assists (1,0004), and factors (1,596), as he solely trails Penguins legend Mario Lemieux in every of these classes.

Crosby is at the moment tenth in NHL historical past with 1,596 factors (592 targets, 1,0004 assists) in 1,272 profession video games. Throughout his profession, he has averaged not less than one level in every of his 19 skilled seasons and is the one NHL participant to realize that feat together with Wayne Gretzky. Lemieux is the one participant drafted No. 1 total that has extra profession factors than Crosby.

The Penguins middle is coming off of a season during which he tallied 94 factors (42 targets, 52 assists) whereas showing in all 82 regular-season video games. Pittsburgh has missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in every of the final two seasons.