{"id":483756,"date":"2026-02-20T09:48:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=483756"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:01:58","slug":"2026-olympics-finland-canada-semifinals-sidney-crosby-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/02\/20\/2026-olympics-finland-canada-semifinals-sidney-crosby-injury-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Confirms the News On Sidney Crosby Ahead of Semifinal vs Finland at Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were all eagerly awaiting an update this morning on the status of a superstar player. Ahead of their semifinal matchup at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/02\/19\/2026-milano-cortina-winter-olympics-mens-ice-hockey-semi-finals-predictions-canada-finland\/\" target=\"_self\">2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics<\/a>, Team Canada captain <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crosbsi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sidney Crosby<\/a> was anticipated to skate in the morning before their game against Finland, to see where his injury, presumably to his knee, felt ahead of the pivotal, medal-round game, and now we have an update. Crosby has been ruled out for today&#8217;s game. Therefore, it means <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor McDavid<\/a> will wear the &#8216;C&#8217; in Crosby&#8217;s absence. <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mackina01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan MacKinnon<\/a>, one of Crosby&#8217;s good friends, will get the honour of being an alternate captain for today&#8217;s game. Let&#8217;s discuss the details.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sidney Crosby is officially out of the Team Canada \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 lineup for today&#39;s Olympic semifinal vs. Finland \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee due to injury <\/p>\n<p>Connor McDavid gets the &quot;C&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reporterchris\/status\/2024851968095576551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>2026 Olympic Semifinals, Canada and Finland Crosby Injury Update<\/h2>\n<p>Well the venue is set at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan, Italy. Puck drop is just under an hour away at around 10:40 a.m Eastern Standard Time. We now know what Canadian fans had been fearing the most. They will be without their captain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Crosby took a couple of awkward hits in quick succession, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/02\/18\/team-canada-wins-thrilling-quarterfinal-olympic-game-czechia\/\" target=\"_self\">against Czechia in the quarterfinals<\/a>. <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gudasra01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radko Gudas<\/a> was the one involved in those hits. Afterward, Sid was seen walking very slowing to the dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>He did try it out this morning, in a closed practice facility, but it appears he now can&#8217;t go. Canada will need to pull together now without their leader and still one of best offensive stars. Someone like <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/suzukni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Suzuki<\/a>, who came through with the late tying goal against Czechia, will need to step up. It is thought he will slide onto Crosby&#8217;s line with <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stonema01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Stone<\/a> and <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marnemi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitch Marner<\/a>. That trio had been terrific for Canada, thus far. Also, for the top power play, <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/celebma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Macklin Celebrini<\/a> filled in well for Crosby last game. Look for him to step up again, in another elimination contest.<\/p>\n<p>Although not confirmed, these are based on <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">yesterday&#8217;s lines<\/a> without Crosby in action.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrini &#8211; McDavid &#8211; MacKinnon<\/p>\n<p>Marner &#8211; Suzuki &#8211; Stone<\/p>\n<p>Hagel &#8211; Horvat &#8211; Jarvis<\/p>\n<p>Marchand &#8211; Bennett &#8211; Reinhart<\/p>\n<p>Wilson<\/p>\n<p>As if Canadian fans weren&#8217;t stressed enough, this will only add to their feelings. This injury means all the remaining forwards will dress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Mike Segar\/Reuters via Imagn Images<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As planned Crosby skated this morning in a closed ice session.  Remains doubtful for tonight but certainly a good sign he was able to test things out.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Rishaug (@TSNRyanRishaug) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNRyanRishaug\/status\/2024829379327512812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were all eagerly awaiting an update this morning on the status of a superstar player. Ahead of their semifinal matchup at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby was anticipated to skate in the morning before their game against Finland, to see where his injury, presumably to his knee, felt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":483632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[2963,4547,6671,304,34,4548],"tags":[8208,139,140,591],"class_list":["post-483756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-olympics","category-hockey","category-injuries","category-international-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-2026-winter-olympics","tag-connor-mcdavid","tag-sidney-crosby","tag-team-canada"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483756","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\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483756"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483774,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483756\/revisions\/483774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}