Sidney Crosby Not Evaluated for Concussion After Crashing Headfirst into Boards

In order for the Penguins to win Game 7, they will have to come out with the same fire the Capitals brought out for Games 6 and 7; Sullivan will demand nothing less. “Both teams gotta win a hockey game”.

Crosby continues to play but isn’t pleased that he keeps getting questioned.

“When you go in like that, it just kind of knocked the wind out of me”, Crosby said. He came away victorious seven times. The Capitals had a 2-1 first-round win over the New York Islanders, then dropped a 2-1 game in overtime to the New York Rangers. Game 6 was the rare misfire. It’s our turn to serve, and holding serve means that we go on. “There (just) wasn’t any finish in his game. Not one you want to take too often”. “You have to be the enforcer”. Evgeni Malkin is the leading scorer in this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs with 18 points.

For a Game 7 of this magnitude, there’s no telling what product each team will put on the ice. The first two? The “06 Oilers he beat and the 2012 Los Angeles Kings, who got 15 points during their run from Williams”. We’ve dealt with it in the past.

So let’s not miss an opportunity to stick our thumb on the wound just one more time.

With a 2.49 goals-against average, Braden Holtby hasn’t exactly been bad during these playoffs.

“We know our recipe for success”. We need to play the same. Three minutes into that Game 7, superstar winger Alex Ovechkin sped down the left side, with only goalie Marc-Andre Fleury between him and an early goal that might have shifted the entire game and maybe even the destiny of these two teams.

Pittsburgh went to Tampa Bay in last year’s Eastern Conference final behind 3-2 in the series.

Before Game 5, defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk said there was no more room for any margin of error and players needed to step up. He set up both of Rust’s goals against Tampa Bay last season.

There’s nothing better in hockey than the NHL playoffs, and there’s nothing better in the NHL playoffs than a Game 7. Over the past four periods, they’ve outscored the Penguins 7-2. A three-time Cup victor, Williams is 7-0 with seven goals and seven assists in seven chances in Game 7. In his career, he is 7-0 in Game 7s, with seven goals and seven assists.

The Capitals have gotten back to playing loose, which was the goal after Game 4.

THE SERIES: Tied, 3-3.

The NHL’s concussion protocols are under fire after Sydney Crosby took a nasty spill into the boards and was not removed from the game for evaluation during the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Game 6 loss to the Washington Capitals.

Reminder: the contest takes place on NBCSN at 7:30 p.m. ET. Despite the blowout in Game 6, they’re still right there. Sidney Crosby and head coach Mike Sullivan are hoping to lead the Penguins in a win tonight in Game 7 of Pittsburgh and Washington’s Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference semifinal series.

The Penguins are trying to become the first team to successfully defend their Stanley Cup title since the 1997-98 Red Wings.

Despite once holding a 3-1 series lead, the Penguins haven’t been satisfied with their execution. “I can’t believe we have to say that in 2017”.

But now that they have, we finally have ourselves a series.

“I think we’re a really good team when we play desperate, and this is about as desperate as you can get”, Shattenkirk said. That’s not only the best in National Hockey League postseason history. On a lesser scale, the San Jose Sharks finally re-wrote history a year ago by reaching the final – something few thought would ever be possible with a lineup that included Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski.