{"id":128618,"date":"2022-05-12T13:41:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T17:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=128618"},"modified":"2022-05-12T13:41:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T17:41:52","slug":"pittsburgh-penguins-update-sidney-crosby-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/05\/12\/pittsburgh-penguins-update-sidney-crosby-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Update Sidney Crosby Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> head coach Mike Sullivan announced Thursday that star centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crosbsi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sidney Crosby<\/a> would be evaluated for an upper-body injury. Crosby\u2019s status for game six of the Penguins\u2019 first-round series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a> Friday has become uncertain.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coach Sullivan on Crosby&#8217;s status: &#8220;Sid will be evaluated when he goes back to Pittsburgh with us today. He has an upper-body injury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penguins\/status\/1524739883725737985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Sidney Crosby Uncertain For Game Six<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crosby left game five Wednesday at Madison Square Garden after taking a hit from Rangers defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/troubja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob Trouba<\/a> in the second period. The Penguins held a 2-0 lead but proceeded to give up three goals in a three-minute span. Pittsburgh would never recover, and the Rangers would stave off elimination with a 5-3 win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those who have not seen the play, here it is:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This might be the hit that injured Sidney Crosby. Jacob Trouba delivered it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Pens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vv9YuL4jT0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Vv9YuL4jT0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Rowntree (@JRown32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRown32\/status\/1524552818656522242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trouba appears to catch Crosby with an elbow to the head. Crosby bounces up quickly after the play but immediately leaves the ice. After a brief time on the bench, Crosby heads to the Pittsburgh dressing room and does not return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The injury is concerning on multiple levels. Crosby has been lights-out in the playoffs, leading the Penguins with nine points in five games (two goals, seven assists). Beyond that, Crosby seems to be playing his best hockey in years. He is producing offensively as well as driving possession. His effort has been stellar. Missing him could be devastating for the Penguins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The more significant issue is Crosby\u2019s history of concussions. Over his career, Crosby has missed <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3307245\/2022\/05\/12\/yohes-penguins-crosby-game-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">108 regular-season games and one playoff game due to concussions<\/a>. The majority of those missed games came between 2011 and 2012. Because of Crosby\u2019s history, this injury is quite concerning and could have ramifications beyond game six. It was thought in 2012 that Crosby\u2019s career could end prematurely. Given Crosby\u2019s age and his previous concussion history, it wouldn\u2019t be too much of a stretch to say that another concussion could be a significant problem for Sidney Crosby\u2019s career going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"oZnyniJ9SYVK0uLrmWa7-g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1396877417\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'oZnyniJ9SYVK0uLrmWa7-g',sig:'U1B1xfhddzj7U0ceSQLf7S140eCuJhStUWQ9ac8hTnM=',w:'594px',h:'415px',items:'1396877417',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan announced Thursday that star centre Sidney Crosby would be evaluated for an upper-body injury. Crosby\u2019s status for game six of the Penguins\u2019 first-round series against the New York Rangers Friday has become uncertain. Coach Sullivan on Crosby&#8217;s status: &#8220;Sid will be evaluated when he goes back to Pittsburgh with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4044,"featured_media":128620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,14,4548,12],"tags":[3353,433,140,1109],"class_list":["post-128618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-rangers","category-nhl","category-penguins","tag-concussions","tag-jacob-trouba","tag-sidney-crosby","tag-stanley-cup-playoffs"],"modified_by":"Connor Lapalme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}