Sidney Crosby Leads League in This Important Stat

Pittsburgh Penguins captain currently leads the league in an interesting statistic showing just how good his season has been so far.

The Pittsburgh Penguins won't be anywhere near the top of the standings in the NHL after this disastrous season to date, but individually, there is a player on the Penguins who has been living it up past his expectations making up for an instrumental season.

Sidney Crosby leads league in faceoff wins

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby finds himself in an interesting and important statistic. He leads all the NHL in faceoff wins with an astonishing 905. The person trailing behind him, Vincent Trocheck only has 745 for reference. Crosby has been immensely dominant on the faceoff dot.



Crosby's stellar season hasn't been talked about enough, the captain is on pace for his 19th consecutive point per game season which would tie Wayne Gretzky for the most point per game seasons in NHL history. Crosby has amazing opportunity to achieve milestone

The Penguins captain has 68 points in 67 games this season, with 33 goals. He has completely put the Pittsburgh Penguins on his back. Some may argue this may be Sidney Crosby's Most Impressive Season yet

While the Penguins have been disappointing to say the least, it is truly awesome to see the resurgence of Sidney Crosby showing he can still play at the age of 36, he is simply showing no signs of aging.