Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and longtime teammate Evgeni Malkin had a dream night Wednesday against the Buffalo Sabres.

Crosby became the 10th player in National Hockey League (NHL) history to reach the 1,600-point mark, while Malkin became the 48th player – only the 20th with one team – to score 500 goals.

And if that wasn’t enough, Crosby gave the Penguins a 6-5 overtime victory with his first goal of the season and Malkin got his fourth point of the game in the sequence.

“We probably deserved to share that night together,” Malkin said of Crosby. “It’s a great story.”

Crosby scored his 1,600th point in his 1,277th game in the Bettman circuit while Malkin was in his 1,150th game .

The 37-year-old center achieved the feat by assisting on Bryan Rust’s first goal of the season in the first period, while the 38-year-old Russian’s goal gave the Penguins a temporary 4-3 lead in the third period.

“That was a big goal,” Crosby said of Malkin’s 500. ” I had a front row seat to watch him do that. I’ll remember it for a long time.”

The Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia native became the first player to reach the 1,600-point mark in the National League since Jaromir Jagr in 2011.

Since his NHL debut in 2005-06, Crosby has scored 593 goals and 1,009 assists. He now sits 39 points behind Joe Sakic for ninth in scoring.

Besides Malkin, only Alex Ovechkin (853), Crosby (593) and Steven Stamkos (555) have reached the 500-goal plateau in the Bettman League among active players.

Drew O’Connor, Jesse Puljujarvi and Rickard Rakell scored the other goals for the Penguins.

“I really wanted to score [my 500th goal ] last year,” Malkin said. “I probably thought about it too much over the summer. It’s been a long road to get to 500 and I’m happy to finally get there.”

Drew O’Connor, Jesse Puljujarvi and Rickard Rakell scored the other goals for the Penguins.

JJ Peterka, twice, Tage Thompson, Jordan Greenway and Ryan McLeod provided the Sabres with assists. Jason Zucker, Alex Tuch and Bowen Byram each had two assists.

Tristan Jarry was replaced by Joel Blomqvist after allowing three goals on just five shots. The Swede stopped 26 shots for the win.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 36 saves in the loss.

Kings 2 — Maple Leafs 6
Auston Matthews scored his first goal of the season and added two assists in a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Bobby McMann scored twice while William Nylander, Morgan Rielly and John Tavares also found the back of the net.

Mitch Marner had three assists while Max Domi and Oliver Ekman-Larsson each had two.

Anthony Stolarz made 32 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have won their last three games.

Alex Turcotte and Kevin Fiala provided the response for the Kings.

David Rittich allowed four goals on 14 shots before being replaced by Pheonix Copley in the second period. Copley made 10 saves.

Without a point in his first three games of the season, Matthews finished first among NHL scorers in 2023-24 with 69 goals.

Bruins 5 — Avalanche 3
David Pastrnak and Hampus Lindholm scored in a span of 13 seconds in the second period to help the Boston Bruins beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3.

It’s a fourth straight loss for the Avalanche, who are off to their worst start to a season since 1998-99.

This edition, led by Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg and Patrick Roy, had however pulled itself together to reach the Western Final against the Dallas Stars, eventual Stanley Cup champions.

Cole Koepke, Charlie Coyle and John Beecher, into an empty net, also scored for the Bruins.

Joonas Korpisalo stopped 22 shots for the win.

Ross Colton, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen provided the response for the losers.

Makar, Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon each had two assists.

Alexandar Georgiev has allowed four goals on 24 shots. He has allowed 17 goals in his last four games. Last year, he led the NHL with 38 wins.