Crosby held pointless in consecutive games for 1st time in almost a year

Maybe reaching the 1,000-point mark is harder than it looks.

After notching No. 998 versus Calgary earlier in the week, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby looked poised to reach the millennium mark by week's end. Not so fast.

Instead of accomplishing the milestone, Crosby, for the first time in nearly a full calendar year, has been held without a point in consecutive games, dating back to Feb. 27, 2016, a span of 68 games per TSN's Frank Seravalli.

In those 68 games, Crosby scorched his opponents, recording 41 goals and 48 assists for 89 points. Pretty good.

The so-called slump comes as a bit of shock, given that the two opponents Crosby was blanked against were the Arizona Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche, currently in 29th and 30th place in the NHL, respectively.

Fear not, though, Crosby is still Crosby. Sid is just one point behind Connor McDavid for the league lead in points this season with 60 in 47 games, and will have another chance to reach 1,000 on Tuesday versus Vancouver.