Crosby is the 21st player to reach the milestone and the second active player to do so, joining Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin (868).

Dylan Guenther had two goals and an assist, Clayton Keller had three assists, and Logan Cooley, Nick Schmaltz and Michael Carcone each had two assists for Utah (8-9-3), which was outscored 11-4 by defeating the previous three. to lose. games. Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves.

Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves for Pittsburgh (7-12-4), which has lost three in a row. The Penguins lost 4-1 to the Winnipeg Jets here on Friday.

Jack McBain gave Utah a 1-0 lead at 8:54 of the first period with a wrist shot near the right post off Guenther’s backhand pass from behind the net.

Mikhail Sergachev made it 2-0 at 13:07 after taking a pass from Keller for a wrist shot through traffic from the high slot.

Schmaltz appeared to extend the lead at 18:27 on what would have been his first goal of the season, but it was negated when the Penguins challenged and Barrett Hayton was found to be interfering with Nedeljkovic.

Crosby cut the score to 2-1 on a 5-on-3 power play at 3:11 of the second period, scoring his eighth goal of the season on a one-timer to the right of the net set up by Erik Karlsson. He had scored once in his previous eight matches and gone without a shot on target in the previous two games.

Nick Bjugstad then pushed the lead to 3-1 on the power play at 10:37 when Michael Kesselring’s shot went off him and into the slot.

Guenther made it 4-1 on another power play at 6:38 of the third period, sliding a loose puck into the crease on a Schmaltz shot.

Alexander Kerfoot extended the lead to 5-1 at 7:25 by tipping in a shot from Maveric Lamoureux, and Guenther scored a second power-play goal at 15:59 for the 6-1 final.