Canada avoided an upset in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, taking down Czechia in the men’s hockey quarterfinals. But the big concern surrounds Sidney Crosby, who left the game with a lower body injury and didn’t return.
Team Canada center Sidney Crosby still made an impact even after exiting with a gruesome right leg injury at the Milan Cortina Olympics quarterfinal against Czechia on Wednesday.
Canada might’ve survived its quarterfinal matchup with Czechia at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but it didn’t come without a crucial casualty. In the second period on Wednesday, Canada captain Sidney Crosby suffered what appeared to be a lower-body injury after taking an awkward hit from Czech defenseman Radko Gudas.
As if a narrow 4-3 overtime win over Czechia wasn’t enough to send Canada into a panic, the team also lost their captain and one of their more iconic stars, as Sidney Crosby left the game in the second period with a lower-body injury.
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Sidney Crosby suffered an apparent leg injury in the second period of Team Canada's quarterfinal game against Czechia at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Wednesday.
Not a good sight for Canada. During the second period of the team’s quarterfinal game against Czechia, captain Sidney Crosby exited the game due to an apparent lower-body injury.
Team Canada survived an upset bid from Team Czechia during the quarterfinals of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, but it may have lost NHL all-time great Sidney Crosby in the process.
Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby exited Wednesday’s men’s hockey quarterfinal against Czechia in the second period due to an injury, with his status for the remainder of the game – and potentially the tournament – unclear.
The Penguins announced Wednesday that they’ve assigned forward Filip Hallander to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on a conditioning loan. Since Hållander is on standard injured reserve and not long-term injured reserve, the loan can last for up to two weeks for him to get back into game shape.
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I always appreciate when readers leave comments at the end of a post. I learn a lot from them, and I almost never push back. Yesterday, though, I wrote about Brendan Shanahan and the “Shanaplan” as a considered outline for building a winning Toronto Maple Leafs team.
The Pittsburgh Penguins were supposed to be in a state of transition this season, but they have exceeded expectations and sit in second place in the Metropolitan Division.
Adam Gretz of Pensburgh: The Pittsburgh Penguins have surprised people this season, and they could be looking to be buyers at the deadline. They didn’t won’t be making a big move, and are more likely to be looking for depth on the blue line as opposed to up front.
With the Olympic break upon us, the trade deadline is under a month away. Where does each team stand, and what moves should they be looking to make? We continue our look around the league at teams on the playoff bubble; next up are the Penguins.
Kyle Dubas and the Pittsburgh Penguins are in a position that nobody—including themselves—expected them to be in at the Olympic break. Second in the Metropolitan Division, with an 85.5% chance of making the playoffs according to MoneyPuck, giving them the seventh-best odds of any team in the NHL to make the postseason.
No one saw the Pittsburgh Penguins coming this season. Going into last summer, the Penguins looked like they were at the beginning of a rebuild and were not projected to be very good for the next few seasons.
Sometimes, hockey provides stories that seem almost scripted. Stuart Skinner landing in Pittsburgh and suddenly looking like he belongs there — that’s one of them.