Capitals win in OT; Penguins lose Crosby to injury

Elseldo checks in on last year’s draft pick Adam Brooks, who is heading with the Regina Pats to the WHL Final for the Ed Chynoweth Cup.

Game 3 will be remembered for Sidney Crosby’s exit, which came after a big hit from Matt Niskanen in the first period and could very well shift the entire tide of this series.

Head coach Mike Johnston did not elaborate on Crosby’s injury after the team’s overtime loss to Washington in Game 3 on Monday, Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. It was the third official concussion diagnosis of his career. He brings his best when the stakes are high and he’s an ultra-competitive player. All the Penguins know is that they had to play more than 58 minutes without Crosby, and that they may need to play without him again.

“I think he’s coming across, trying to score”, he said.

Normally we write something snarky or quick-witted to describe the play of the night, but not tonight because if we did, it would take away from how wonderful Fleury’s save was.

Trotz continued: “That’s why we have a player safety [department]. They never look for an excuse”. Even if you could detect a bit of anger buried just below the surface, it was all controlled.

Regardless of intent, it was a brutal hit and the call on the ice was warranted. He got whacked in the face with a high stick and the league and the sport is worse off for it.

McDonogh’s Margaret Donovan, Notre Dame Prep’s Keegan Barger and Severn’s Brooke Robbins were named Under Armour All-Americans and will play in the 12th annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Game in July.

But following it, those emotions were gone. That all gave Crosby four points (two goals, two assists) in the first two contests, and then the line was broken up when Crosby went to the locker room Monday night.

This team has fully embraced the notion that you control what you control and shove aside the rest. He said an update on Sidney and Conor Sheary, 24, who was also injured in the game, would be available on May 2, after the two Pens were evaluated overnight. “If Sid happens to be out, we have the guys in here that can step up”. It’s just one of those things. He ended up facing Niskanen as his body was going toward the ice and took Niskanen’s stick across the side of the head. Malkin, until the goal, had played a rough game.

“When Crosby was falling down, that could’ve been the initial blow that hurt him”. It was a luxury to have Fleury waiting when Murray went down. LeBron showed early on how the game was going to go with a steal, followed by an alley-oop dunk off the glass from Kyrie Irving. It’s also why they think they can survive without all of them.