I know there's a bit of a backlash against Sid Crosby in the blogosphere and elsewhere online, a lot of which comes as the result of over-coverage which he can't control.

Still, any way you look at it, he's having an incredible playoff.

Crosby's 26 points are tied for the third-best total in the past 10 playoffs, two behind the best performance (Eric Staal in 2006) over that period. Crosby has also posted 20 assists, the first time we've seen that mark hit in 14 years. (Doug Gilmour and Brian Leetch put up 22 and 23 with the Leafs and Rangers in 1994.)

Crosby is also just the 14th player in NHL history to record 20 assists in one playoff year (Gretzky has done it six of the 21 times it has occurred).

If you factor in his age, the numbers are even more impressive:

Top playoff point totals, age 22 and under

Rk	Player	Year	Tm	GP	G	A	PTS	PTS/G
1	Wayne Gretzky	1983	EDM	16	12	26	38	2.38
2	Steve Payne	1981	MNS	19	17	12	29	1.53
3	Eric Staal	2006	CAR	25	9	19	28	1.12
4	Sidney Crosby	2008	PIT	19	6	20	26	1.37
5	Jaromir Jagr	1992	PIT	21	11	13	24	1.14
6	Raymond Bourque	1983	BOS	17	8	15	23	1.35
7	Jari Kurri	1983	EDM	16	8	15	23	1.44
8	Jeremy Roenick	1992	CHI	18	12	10	22	1.22
9	Paul Coffey	1984	EDM	19	8	14	22	1.16
10	Craig Janney	1990	BOS	18	3	19	22	1.22

Top playoff point totals, age 20 and under

									Age (May 1)
Rk	Player	Year	Tm	GP	G	A	PTS	PTS/G	Years	Mths
1	Sidney Crosby	2008	PIT	19	6	20	26	1.37	20	9
2	Jaromir Jagr	1992	PIT	21	11	13	24	1.14	20	3
3	Brent Sutter	1983	NYI	20	10	11	21	1.05	20	11
4	Wayne Gretzky	1981	EDM	9	7	14	21	2.33	20	4
5	Don Maloney	1979	NYR	18	7	13	20	1.11	20	8
6	Mike Modano	1991	MNS	23	8	12	20	0.87	20	11
7	Jeremy Roenick	1990	CHI	20	11	7	18	0.90	20	4
8	Adam Deadmarsh	1996	COL	22	5	12	17	0.77	20	11
9	Claude Lemieux	1986	MTL	20	10	6	16	0.80	20	10
10	Craig Janney	1988	BOS	23	6	10	16	0.70	20	7

No matter your opinion of Sid the Kid, that's quite the performance. And he's also one of only three Penguins that is in the plus department in the finals.

He's got a chance tomorrow to add to those totals.

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