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EditSydney Crosby scored his 1st NHL Goal vs Hannu Toivonen of Boston Bruins at 18:32 of the 2nd period on October 8, 2005 at Mellon Arena in a 7-6 OT Boston win.
Crosby's goal was on the power play, assisted by Mark Recchi and Ziggy Pálffy. Crosby also had 2 assists in the game.
This was the 3rd NHL game for Crosby. He had 1 assist in each of his first 2 NHL games and had a 6 game point streak to start his NHL career (2 goals - 7 assists).
Crosby scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Scott Clemmensen of the New Jersey Devils on November 29, 2008 at Mellon Arena in a 4-1 Pittsburgh win. He scored 1 goal in each period, his 3rd goal into a empty net with the goalie pulled.
Crosby scored 39 goals (5 GWG / 3 OTG), 63 assists and 110 penalty minutes in his 1st NHL season.