"What took you so long?"
Crosby couldn't help but laugh when sharing the message from his former landlord.
"I figured I was going to get something like that," Crosby joked. "But he's obviously meant a lot to me and a lot of us who have been here for a while. So to hear that from him was pretty typical. Got a good laugh."
Crosby entered the game with 171 career playoff points. He tied Lemieux's record with an assist on Evgeni Malkin's first-period goal, and surpassed it by scoring in the second period of the Penguins' 5-1 win that gave them a 3-1 series lead. Overall, Crosby has nine points (5G-4A) in the series, which is tied for the league lead.
Crosby had joked on Tuesday that Lemieux probably had a better points per game "by a longshot." Crosby piled up his points in 152 career playoff games, while Lemieux posted his in 107 career playoff games - hence the good-natured chirping from the Penguins owner.
However, that doesn't take anything away from the magnitude of the milestone, considering the gaudy numbers that Lemieux put up over the course of his career.
"I think a lot of his records aren't going to be touched, so the fact that I can be close to him and around that one is nice," Crosby said. "I've been fortunate enough to play in a number of playoff games, which helps a lot. But it's nice to be a part of that."
Goaltender Matt Murray said for the rest of the guys, it's special for them to be a part of that as well.
"Getting to be in this room with Sid every day is something truly special and something that I don't take for granted," Murray said. "All these guys, we're very lucky to share the same room with these guys. Obviously Mario is one of the greatest of all time, so to see Sid pass that, it's very special to be a part of that, for sure."
Crosby wasn't the only player to set a record in Game 4. When addressing his team after the game, head coach Mike Sullivan made sure to note that Murray had become the fastest goaltender in NHL history to reach 25 career playoff wins with his fourth career postseason shutout.
The 23-year-old netminder did so in just 36 playoff games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that established an NHL record for the fewest games to reach 25 playoff wins. The previous mark of 37 games was shared by five Hall of Famers: Grant Fuhr, Patrick Roy, Gerry Cheevers, Terry Sawchuk and Bill Durnan.
"It's a cool stat, a cool number," Murray said. "But that's a Pittsburgh Penguins record, not a personal record."
