The Pittsburgh Penguins confirmed on Wednesday that famous person captain Sidney Crosby has been placed on injured reserve and can miss a minimum of 4 weeks as a result of lower-body harm he suffered on Feb. 18 whereas that includes for Canada in the course of the Milan Cortina Olympics males’s hockey event.
Crosby beforehand said he did not play on this previous Sunday’s gold-medal matchup in opposition to the US as a result of he didn’t need “to compromise our group.” On Wednesday, he prompt his harm is not as dangerous as Penguins followers first feared.
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“It feels good,” Crosby defined, per Michelle Crechiolo of the Penguins’ web site. “Clearly, I need to be again on the market as quickly as attainable. Simply have to determine what that appears like, how lengthy it’s going to be, and discover a option to ensure that I’m at my finest after I come again.”
Crosby’s absences come at a brutal time for a Penguins aspect that entered the Olympic break as arguably the highest optimistic shock of the 2025-26 NHL season. Whereas 29-15-12 Pittsburgh at present sits within the second playoff spot within the Metropolitan Division standings, Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now famous that the Penguins have 19 video games in 34 days.
Pittsburgh’s marketing campaign resumes with a house recreation versus the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. The 28-27-2 Devils host the Buffalo Sabres (32-19-6) on Wednesday night.
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Crosby might solely watch as the US earned a 2-1 additional time win over Canada in Sunday’s gold-medal recreation. On Wednesday, he indicated that he was almost in a position to give it a go on the ultimate day of the Olympics.
“A day or two after, I did not assume it was essentially going to be an choice,” Crosby said about presumably enjoying in opposition to Workforce USA. “So, the truth that I even had an opportunity, or was near it, the workers there was unbelievable. [Penguins head team physician Dr. Dharmesh Vyas] right here was actually useful, too, in making an attempt to undergo that entire course of. However sadly, it wasn’t one thing I might do.”
ESPN stats present that Crosby leads the Penguins with 59 factors and 27 targets throughout his first 56 video games of the season. On Wednesday, he supplied considerably of a problem to his teammates concerning the contests he’ll miss.
“To get to the place we’re at this level, it’s due to our group play,” Crosby added throughout his feedback, per Chris Johnston and Josh Yohe of The Athletic. “I don’t assume it’s been due to anybody particular person. It’s as a result of collectively as a bunch, we’ve discovered alternative ways to win, and totally different guys have stepped up. So long as we proceed that and perceive that, then I feel we give ourselves an excellent probability.”
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