Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby acknowledges fans as he skates back to the bench after assisting on a goal by Chris Kunitz, for the 1000th point of his NHL career, during the first period against the Winnipeg Jets in a hockey game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby acknowledges fans as he skates back to the bench after assisting on a goal by Chris Kunitz, for the 1000th point of his NHL career, during the first period against the Winnipeg Jets in a hockey game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Credit: ap — Gene J. Puskar

Pittsburgh — Sidney Crosby ended his march to 1,000 career points in typically unselfish fashion. The Pittsburgh Penguins star wasted little time before starting his quest for the next thousand.

The Pittsburgh captain fed Chris Kunitz for a first-period goal against Winnipeg on Thursday to become the 86th player in NHL history to reach the 1,000-point plateau, added an assist on Phil Kessel’s game-tying goal in the third and then put the winner past Connor Hellebuyck with 21 seconds left in overtime as the Penguins escaped with a 4-3 victory.

Crosby finished with three points to push his total 1,002. Evgeni Malkin also scored for Pittsburgh, while Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 44 shots for the Penguins, who improved to 6-0-2 since the All-Star break.

Islanders 4, Rangers 2

New York — Andrew Ladd scored twice to lead the Islanders over the crosstown-rival Rangers.

Senators 3, Devils 0

Newark, n.j. — Mike Condon made 21 saves in recording his fifth shutout of the season, Dion Phaneuf scored on a power play and Ottawa beat New Jersey.

Sabres 2, Avalanche 0

Buffalo, n.y. — Sam Reinhart and Evander Kane scored, Robin Lehner made 23 saves and Buffalo beat Colorado.

Blues 4, Canucks 3

St. Louis — Vladimir Tarasenko and Alexander Steen scored third-period power play goals to lift streaking St. Louis over Vancouver.

Wild 3, Stars 1

St. Paul, Minn. — Darcy Kuemper stopped 34 shots, Erik Haula had a goal and an assist and Minnesota beat Dallas.

Duck Gets 10-Game Suspension

Anaheim Ducks forward Antoine Vermette was suspended for 10 games without pay on Thursday for slashing a linesman in apparent anger after a faceoff.

Vermette slapped his stick against the back of linesman Shandor Alphonso’s legs after losing a faceoff to Minnesota captain Mikko Koivu during the third period of the Ducks’ 1-0 win Tuesday.

Vermette, who will lose $97,222.22 in salary, had never previously been fined or suspended during his 13 NHL seasons.

Vermette is expected to appeal the suspension to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. He could take a further appeal to an independent arbitrator.