Sidney Crosby was injured and did not return in a standings-critical matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators on Thursday.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have dealt with a whole lot of injury adversity this season, especially in terms of injuries to their best players.
And, unfortunately, their best player has gone down yet again.
Nearing the end of the first period of a crucial game between Pittsburgh and Ottawa Senators on Thursday, Penguins' captain Sidney Crosby went down the runway after appearing to be injured during the prior play. He came back onto the ice for the second period for one shift before heading down the runway for good, and the Penguins declared him out for the rest of the game.
Penguins' head coach Dan Muse later specified that Crosby sustained a lower-body injury, and a collision along the boards with Nick Cousins appears to be what may have caused the injury.
Crosby, 38, was playing in his fifth game since returning from a lower-body injury he sustained during the Olympics, which kept him out 11 games.
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