The Pittsburgh Penguins became the first NHL team in nearly 24 years to have three teenagers score goals in a game when Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal and Kristopher Letang did so this week against the Rangers.
The 19-year-old Crosby got the game-winner Thursday in the final four seconds of the Penguins' 6-5 victory in Madison Square Garden, while the 19-year-old Letang and 18-year-old Staal each scored their first NHL goals. Staal turned 18 last month.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time three teens had goals in the same game for a team was Oct. 17, 1982, when 19-year-old Dave Andreychuk, 18-year-old Paul Cyr and 18-year-old Phil Housley scored in the Buffalo Sabres' 6-4 victory over Edmonton.
Thursday's game marked the ninth time an NHL team had three teen goal-scorers in a game.
