Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby could become all-time leading scorer in franchise history this weekend, set to pass legendary Quebecer Mario Lemieux

Sidney Crosby could take advantage of his visit to Montreal on Saturday to become the all-time leading scorer for the Pittsburgh Penguins, surpassing the legendary Quebecer Mario Lemieux.

Goaltender Linus Ullmark shut out Crosby and the Penguins with a 4-0 score on Thursday night in Ottawa. With 1,722 career points, Crosby is still one point shy of matching Lemieux's total. At the same time, Crosby is eyeing eighth place on the NHL's all-time regular-season scoring list.

The Canadiens and Penguins face off twice in as many days, Saturday in Montreal and Sunday in Pittsburgh. In 53 career games against the Canadiens, Crosby has recorded 70 points.

Sidney Crosby's history against the Canadiens

Over 20 years ago, Lemieux scored his 690th and final career goal in a game against the Canadiens on Nov. 10, 2005, at Mellon Arena. The Quebecer's point total was later completed on Dec. 16 of that same year with an assist on a goal by Zigmund Palffy. In addition to Lemieux, another player provided an assist on that sequence: Crosby. The former Rimouski Oceanic star, who was in his first NHL season at the time, recorded his 32nd career point in his 32nd game.

Crosby's 1,722 points have been recorded in 1,385 games so far. He has scored 644 times. He is still 46 goals behind Lemieux, who was limited to 915 career games.

Once he passes Lemieux, Crosby could move on to catch Steve Yzerman for seventh place on the NHL's all-time scoring list by the end of this season. Yzerman finished his career with 1,755 points, playing all 22 of his seasons in a Detroit Red Wings uniform. Crosby could temporarily become the all-time scoring leader among players who spent their entire career with a single team. Crosby is 38 years old. Furthermore, many Canadiens fans still dream of seeing him wear the CH uniform before his career is over.