Sidney Crosby became Pittsburgh's career leader in combined regular-season and playoff points by scoring one of his team's three goals spanning 3:08 of the second period, and the host Penguins topped the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Tommy Novak gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead on a power play with 5:39 remaining in the second. Then 1:57 later, Crosby, off a Rickard Rakell faceoff win, beat Vancouver goaltender Kevin Lankinen for his 1,896th combined point, surpassing fellow Penguins legend Mario Lemieux for the most in club history.

It was also Crosby's 700th regular-season and playoff goal.

Anthony Mantha made it 4-1 when he followed up teammate Evgeni Malkin's shot by successfully crashing the net at 17:29 of the second.

Justin Brazeau added a goal with two assists, Mantha logge

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