Sidney Crosby injury update Penguins captain leave

Posted by seestyle on September 2nd, 2022

The Penguins entered Game 5 of their first-round NHL playoff series up three games to one on the Rangers. They exited it with a 3-2 series lead and without the heart of their team on the ice.Sidney Crosby, who has been sensational in the series with nine points and two goals, was eventually forced to leave the game in the second period after taking a hard, high hit from Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba.Crosby not on ice Herman Edwards Jersey for the start of the 3rd Rich Walsh KDKA (@RichieWalsh) The injury was to Crosby's head, according to The Athletic's Je se Marshall.Crosby getting taken out with a head injury while playing some of the best hockey of his life for a second time doesnt Corey Clement Jersey seem anything other than cruel. Je se Marshall (@jmarshfof) Trouba was not penalized for the hit. The league followed it up by saying that there would be from Wednesday's games, meaning Trouba will not be fined or suspended for the hit.Crosby took two shifts after the hit, , before sitting out the remainder of the second period and all of the third period.The Post-Gazette's Mike DeFabo posted an image Andrew Sendejo Jersey on Twitter of Crosby walking out of Madison Square Garden after the game, a 5-3 Penguins lo s.Sidney Crosby walks out of Madison Square Garden after being knocked out of Game 5. Mike DeFabo (@MikeDeFabo) Coach Mile Sullivan said on Thursday morning that Crosby would be evaluated in Pittsburgh and did not give into any other specifics on the injury.Mike Sullivan: "Sidney Crosby will be evaluated when he goes back Wendell Smallwood Jersey to Pittsburgh with us today. His injury is an upper-body injury. I'm not going to get into more specifics with that." Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) Sidney Crosby head injury historyCrosby has a long history of head injuries. He mi sed 108 games from 2010-12 because of a concu sion and concu sion-related symptoms. He mi sed six games in the 2016- Clayton Thorson Jersey 17 season with another concu sion.That's 114 games total mi sed to concu sions and/or concu sion symptoms. If he's sidelined for Game 6 of the series Friday in Pittsburgh, it would be the first game he has mi sed for a head injury since 2017.This article will be updated.