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Key Stats G A PTS +/- PIM TOI 42 36 78 9 53 21:48 Latest News CBSSports.com TSX STATS LLC Headlines Crosby OK to play in Olympics: Pittsburgh Penguins and Team Canada star Sidney Crosby said he was unhurt and headed to Vancouver for the Olympic tournament despite wincing in pain shortly after he took slap shot in Pittsburgh’s loss to Nashville on Sunday. “I will be there,” Crosby said after the 4-3 shootout loss to the Predators. Team Canada was scheduled to practice Monday and open against Norway on Tuesday. “I’m on the flight tonight,” he said. Crosby, who earlier tied Alex Ovechkin for the NHL goal lead with his 42nd, spent several minutes on the bench with his head down after blocking a Kevin Klein slap shot about seven minutes into the second period of the last game before the NHL Olympic break. Crosby led an offensive rush up ice immediately after blocking the shot with what intially appeared to be his lower right shin, though Cro
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, the face of Canadian hockey, was supposed to lead his country to an Olympic hockey gold medal and he delivered dramatically. Crosby took a return pass from Jarome Iginla and fired a shot past goalie Ryan Miller at 7:40 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win against the USA in the championship game. “You dream of that a thousand times growing up,” Crosby said. “But to come through is pretty amazing.” The victory gave Canada an Olympic-record 14 gold medals in these Games. “We knew that as players and we wanted to be a part of it,” Iginla said.
