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Watch the 2026 Winter Olympics on NBC<\/a> and Peacock<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the most popular and decorated NHL athletes of his generation has suffered an injury that’s put his 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics<\/a> status in doubt \u2014 at the worst possible time for his Team Canada teammates.<\/p>\n Canada native Sidney Crosby \u2014 who is currently in the middle of his 21st season with the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins \u2014 suffered a right leg injury during Team Canada’s February 18 quarterfinal victory against Czechia, and the men’s hockey semifinal game is quickly approaching.<\/p>\n During the quarterfinal game’s second period<\/a>, 38-year-old Crosby’s knee buckled as he braced from a hit from Czechia\u2019s Radko Gudas. Crosby was quickly removed from the game and did not return.<\/p>\n RELATED: Team USA Hockey Player Caroline Harvey Gets Surprise Visit from Childhood Mentor<\/a><\/p>\n Will Sidney Crosby still take part in the Winter Olympics after getting injured?<\/p>\n Jon Cooper,\u00a0head coach of the Canadian men’s ice hockey team,\u00a0stressed that Crosby’s status is still very much up in the air, according to The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Sid is by no means ruled out of the tournament,” Cooper said. “We’re taking this day by day. And we’re not going to put anyone in harm’s way. But if he can play, he’s definitely going to. We’ll know more in 24 hours.”<\/p>\n In other words, whether Crosby will play or not is looking like a true game-time decision for the semifinals against\u00a0Finland on February 20.<\/p>\n “He’s Sidney Crosby,” Canada’s leading scorer Connor McDavid said. “He’s going to have a big influence, no matter what. In the lineup, not in the lineup, he\u2019s going to have a big influence. That’s what he does.”<\/p>\n Speaking of that matchup, here’s how to tune in \u2014 and hopefully see Team Canada compete with its captain.<\/p>\n When is Team Canada’s next men’s hockey Winter Olympics game?<\/p>\n Canada is officially in the final four \u2014 and they can punch their ticket to the gold medal game with a win in their next match: a semifinal showdown against Finland on Friday, February 20.<\/p>\n The game will stream live on Peacock<\/a> at 10:40 a.m. ET. It will also air on USA Network at 11:50 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n