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It's game on for Sidney Crosby.
Budding New York Islanders star John Tavares anticipated the open space he found so easily during the regular season to be whittled away by the Pittsburgh Penguins in their opening-round playoff series.
When Matt Cooke mouthed off at the officials after being called for boarding Alex Ovechkin, Washington had its break: a four-minute power play. Four minutes to untie the score. Four minutes to gain ground in the playoff race. Four minutes to end Pittsburgh's winning streak.
The headaches are gone. Finally. So are the doubts, the ones Sidney Crosby couldn't outrun as he rehabilitated from concussion-like symptoms that robbed hockey's best player from two years in the middle of his prime.
Tomas Vokoun is a $1.5 million goaltender this season for the Washington Capitals. He was expected to stop the puck like he was getting paid $5 million.
The tests indicate Sidney Crosby doesn't have a concussion. Crosby's body isn't quite so sure.
Sidney Crosby split a pair of defenders, worked the puck to his backhand and let it fly.
Sidney Crosby split a pair of defenders, worked the puck to his backhand and let it fly.
Sidney Crosby never doubted he'd play hockey again. Never wavered as the months passed and his concussion-like symptoms stuck around. Never wondered if maybe he'd be better off hanging up his skates before his 25th birthday rather than risk the type of injury that jeopardizes more than a career.
Sidney Crosby split a pair of defenders, worked the puck to his backhand and let it fly.
Sid the Kid is back.
The Penguins re-signed forward Pascal Dupuis to a two-year contract on Tuesday, with an average annual value of $1.5 million.
Sidney Crosby? No. Evgeni Malkin? No.
If the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders fought things out on the silver screen instead of a sheet of ice, the sequel would have a roman numeral tacked onto the title a la "Rocky."
The NHL suspended New York Islanders forwards Trevor Gillies for nine games, Matt Martin for four and handed the club a $100,000 fine late Saturday night for their actions in a fight-filled win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
"I wasn't able to train for a year. I don't consider going for a 10-minute run training," he said. "When you're doing an activity and hope that you don't get symptoms, that's not really pushing yourself, that's just having daily activity. There's a big difference between training and having physical activity."
"We did play the right way tonight and, I don't know, Vokoun played well," Pittsburgh winger Pascal Dupuis said. "I think we had a lot of chances on him, a lot of chances to tie it up with two, three, four minutes left and it doesn't seem to find the back of the net right now."
