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Sidney Crosby Out of Penguins Lineup

by TFleming | January 16, 2009 at 12:49 pm

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Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will miss tonight's game against the Anaheim Ducks due to a "lower body" injury. Recent speculations suggest that it is his left knee but the Penguins are keeping a tight lid on any details surrounding the location and severity of the injury. It was a collision with Washington Capitals forward Dave Steckel on Wednesday night that is to blame.

"I don't feel comfortable enough to play," Crosby told the team's website after Friday's practice. "It didn't feel good. That was the first time I skated since it happened. No go."

Although Crosby is held high in the hockey world he has a tendency to sustain injuries that keep him off the bench for extended periods of time. Last season Crosby was out of the line up for 29 games with a high ankle sprain.

The Penguins coach Michel Therrien announced today that they will also be playing tonight with out forward Maxime Talbot and defencemen Kris Letang and Rob Scuderi due to other various injuries.

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eye-of-thundera

at 13:41 on January 16th, 2009

sidney crosby is the correct spelling of his name, FYI :-)

Robert Sutherland

at 14:46 on January 16th, 2009

This is a big blow to the surging Pens. Anytime you loose a player for stretch your team suffers, but when you loose Sid for more than one game you are in a bad way.

armchairsports

at 15:34 on January 16th, 2009

There's not going to be much left of the Eastern Starting Lineup at this pace... Carey Price is out (who is arguably, with Markov, one of the two Habs that should have been included in the game). On the upside now Ovechkin can suit up for the puck drop.

We'll see how the Pens react - there has been a lot of talk about problems in the dressing room, we'll see if this changes anything.