Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby placed on injured reserve
Pittsburgh Penguins PR said Crosby is expected to miss a minimum of four weeks.
THE PENGUINS AS THEY MAKE THAT PUSH TO THE POSTSEASON. IT WAS A TOUGH INJURY TO WATCH. NOW SIDNEY CROSBY EXPECTED TO MISS A MINIMUM OF FOUR WEEKS WITH THAT LOWER BODY INJURY AFTER BEING PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE IN THE QUARTERFINAL GAME AGAINST CZECHIA, CROSBY WENT DOWN AWKWARDLY ON A HIT FROM RADKO GUDAS. CROSBY SPOKE TO THE MEDIA ON WEDNESDAY AND WOULDN’T GET INTO THE NATURE OF THE INJURY, BUT HE DID SAY HE WAS CLOSE TO PLAYING IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, CLOSER THAN HE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. A DAY OR TWO AFTER THE INJURY. BUT NOW HE’LL MISS NEARLY A MONTH. THIS AS THE TEAM IS IN SECOND PLACE IN THE METRO DIVISION AND IN PLAYOFF POSITION. SO WHAT ARE HIS THOUGHTS ON WHAT HIS TEAM COULD DO WITHOUT HIM? I’M CONFIDENT. I THINK WE’VE SHOWN ALL YEAR WE’VE HAD INJURIES AND GUYS HAVE STEPPED UP AND YOU KNOW, TO GET TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE’RE AT AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT’S BECAUSE OF OUR TEAM PLAY. YOU KNOW, I DON’T THINK IT’S BEEN ANY ONE PERSON. I THINK IT’S YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP, WE FOUND DIFFERENT WAYS TO WIN AND DIFFERENT GUYS HAVE STEPPED UP. SO AS LONG AS WE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THAT, YOU KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT, THEN I THINK WE GIVE OURSELVES A GOOD CHANCE. BUT IT’S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT STRETCH HERE. NEXT LITTLE BIT. THE PENGUINS HAVE 26 GAMES LEFT IN THEIR REGULAR SEASON, THE FIRST WITHOUT THEIR CAPTAIN, WILL BE ON THURSDAY NIGHT AS THEY GET SET TO HOST GOLD MEDAL WINNER JAC
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby placed on injured reserve
Pittsburgh Penguins PR said Crosby is expected to miss a minimum of four weeks.
Updated: 6:07 PM EST Feb 25, 2026
The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that forward Sidney Crosby has been placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury.Pittsburgh Penguins PR said Crosby is expected to miss a minimum of four weeks. Crosby was injured while playing for Team Canada in the Olympics last Wednesday.He had to sit out Sunday’s gold-medal game, in which Team Canada lost to Team USA.
PITTSBURGH —
The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that forward Sidney Crosby has been placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury.
Pittsburgh Penguins PR said Crosby is expected to miss a minimum of four weeks.
Crosby was injured while playing for Team Canada in the Olympics last Wednesday.
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He had to sit out Sunday’s gold-medal game, in which Team Canada lost to Team USA.