{"id":509837,"date":"2026-03-18T16:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/509837\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:35:12","slug":"penguins-sidney-crosby-set-to-return-against-hurricanes-after-missing-11-games-with-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/509837\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins\u2019 Sidney Crosby set to return against Hurricanes after missing 11 games with injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/sidney-crosby\/8471675\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/sidney-crosby\/8471675\" target=\"_blank\">Sidney Crosby<\/a> will return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> lineup on Wednesday against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/carolina-hurricanes\/12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/carolina-hurricanes\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udde3\ufe0fHE\u2019S BAAAAAAACK!<\/p>\n<p>Coach Muse confirms that Sidney Crosby will play tonight versus Carolina. <\/p>\n<p>Crosby leads the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penguins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@penguins<\/a> in goals (27) and points (59) despite missing the last 11 games due to injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q3nq6bvhZi\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/q3nq6bvhZi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Penguins PR (@PenguinsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PenguinsPR\/status\/2034302970557341985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 38-year-old centre hasn\u2019t played in an NHL game since Feb. 5 after suffering a lower-body injury in the quarter-final game against Czechia at last month\u2019s Winter Olympics, an injury that forced him to miss Canada\u2019s gold-medal loss to the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Crosby is having another strong season in Pittsburgh, scoring 27 goals and 32 assists over 56 games before Milano Cortina 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After missing the playoffs for the third straight season in 2024-25, the Penguins have turned things around this year, sitting second in the Metropolitan Division with a 34-18-15 record with 15 games remaining. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The native of Cole Harbour, N.S., is in his 21st season with the Penguins and is in the first year of a two-year, $17.4 million contract. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Captain Sidney Crosby will return to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup on Wednesday against the Carolina Hurricanes. \ud83d\udde3\ufe0fHE\u2019S 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