Sidney Crosby has faced 31 NHL franchises across 21 seasons, and one of them is his worst opponent in four separate categories. It is not a rival, and Pittsburgh plays it twice a year.
The full record is in our account of Sidney Crosby’s points against every NHL team. What follows is that table sorted ten ways, through the 2025-26 season.
Which team does Sidney Crosby score most against?
Philadelphia, at 0.65 goals a game across the largest sample he has against anybody.
| Goals per game | GP | |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Flyers | 0.65 | 93 |
| Seattle Kraken | 0.60 | 10 |
| Florida Panthers | 0.59 | 56 |
| Career | 0.46 | 1,420 |
Ignore the Seattle row and the Philadelphia figure gets better, not worse. 60 goals in 93 games against a division rival who has had two decades to work out how to stop him.
Which team does Sidney Crosby score least against?
Edmonton, at 0.26 goals a game, barely half his career rate.
| Goals per game | GP | |
|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Oilers | 0.26 | 27 |
| Boston Bruins | 0.30 | 63 |
| San Jose Sharks | 0.31 | 26 |
Seven goals in 27 games. Boston is the one built on real volume: 19 goals in 63 meetings.
Edmonton at the top of that list is the kind of thing that happens when two conferences meet twice a year. The other direction runs the same way, and the club-by-club version of it is in Connor McDavid’s points against every NHL team.
Which team does Sidney Crosby set up most against?
The Islanders, at 1.05 assists a game. He has 98 assists against them in 93 games, better than one a night over twenty years.
| Assists per game | GP | |
|---|---|---|
| New York Islanders | 1.05 | 93 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 0.94 | 49 |
| Minnesota Wild | 0.93 | 28 |
| Career | 0.78 | 1,420 |
Chicago has held Crosby to 0.35 assists a game, less than half his career rate and the lowest figure against any franchise.
Which team does Sidney Crosby shoot best and worst against?
Best against Philadelphia at 18.5%, on 324 shots. Worst against Edmonton at 8.9%.
| Shooting % | Shots | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Kraken | 24.0 | 25 | 6 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 18.7 | 75 | 14 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 18.5 | 324 | 60 |
| Career | 14.7 | 4,459 | 654 |
| Ottawa Senators | 10.2 | 197 | 20 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 10.1 | 79 | 8 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 8.9 | 79 | 7 |
Which team does Sidney Crosby take the most penalties against?
Los Angeles, and the gap is the strangest thing in the table.
| PIM per game | Total PIM | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Kings | 1.38 | 36 | 26 |
| Florida Panthers | 1.00 | 56 | 56 |
| San Jose Sharks | 1.00 | 26 | 26 |
| Career | 0.63 | 898 | 1,420 |
More than double his career rate, against a club in the other conference that he meets twice a season. Crosby has taken 36 penalty minutes in 26 games against the Kings and 28 in 77 against Washington.
Which teams does Sidney Crosby behave himself against?
Vegas at 0.15 penalty minutes a game and Chicago at 0.17. He has taken a penalty against every franchise he has faced.
Which team has Sidney Crosby beaten most often by himself?
The Islanders, with 10 game-winning goals of the 104 he has scored. Philadelphia is next on 9 and Columbus on 7.
Two franchises have never lost a game to a Crosby winner: St. Louis, in 27 meetings, and Vegas in 13.
Game-winners and overtime winners are not the same list, and the second one is its own article: Sidney Crosby’s overtime goals.
Which team does Sidney Crosby look best and worst against on the ice?
Best against the Islanders at plus 31, which makes three separate lists they top. Worst against Chicago at minus 12 in 23 games.
Washington is the number worth pausing on: minus 9 across 77 games, the only long rivalry where Crosby’s on-ice record runs negative.
Which team does Sidney Crosby need the power play against?
Tampa Bay and Washington, where 46% of his goals have come with the man advantage, against a career share of 30%. Against Colorado it is 14%.
Which team does Sidney Crosby shoot at most?
Philadelphia, 324 shots in 93 games, ahead of the Islanders on 304 and New Jersey on 297. All three are Metropolitan clubs he has faced more than 90 times.
So which team is the worst matchup of Crosby’s career?
Chicago, and it is not close once the columns are laid side by side.
Crosby has 16 points in 23 games against the Blackhawks: 8 goals, 8 assists, a rate of 0.70 points a game against a career 1.24. It is his lowest assist rate, his lowest points rate, his worst plus-minus at minus 12, and his second-worst shooting percentage.
There is no story in the schedule to explain it. Chicago and Pittsburgh sit in opposite conferences and meet twice a year, so 23 games have taken two decades to accumulate rather than clustering in one bad season.
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