PHILADELPHIA — Sidney Crosby says, no, of course he has not heard from Mario Lemieux recently as the current Penguins captain moves closer to taking another franchise record from his mentor.Crosby is seven shy of Lemieux for the most regular-season points with the Penguins. He already holds the team record for regular and postseason points combined.Heck, play Philadelphia a few more times each season, and Crosby could have shattered the record years ago.Crosby scored his 58th and 59th career goals against the Flyers on Monday night. His continued excellence in the cross-state rivalry helped lead the Penguins to a 5-1 win.Crosby, who has 18 goals this season, has dominated the Flyers like no other visiting player has done in Philadelphia’s franchise history. Crosby has 59 goals and 137 points in 92 games against Philadelphia, the most in both categories any opponent has ever put up on the Flyers.The 38-year-old Crosby has 1,716 career points, close to eclipsing Lemieux’s 1,723 for most in franchise history. Lemieux owned the team when Crosby captained the Penguins to championships in 2009, 2016 and 2017.Lemieux seems to be saving his well-wishes for when the record ultimately falls.“I’m sure he knows me well enough to know that’s not something I really want to talk about it,” Crosby said. “Just go out there and play. If it happens, it happens.”It will happen. Soon.Crosby is in the thick of the hunt for the NHL goals lead. Colorado’s Nathan McKinnon and Boston’s Morgan Geekie each have 20.The Flyers promoted the game all night as a Keystone Rivalry game but the series — even as fans voraciously booed Crosby with each touch — has never been much of a rivalry. Crosby has won three Stanley Cup titles while the Flyers have won only two in franchise history, in 1974 and 1975. Crosby wasn’t even born until 1987.Popular Reads“It’s always been a rivalry, long before I played here,” Crosby said. “These games, you always know there’s a little more intensity, a little mor …
