Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby will miss the NHL All-Star Game with a lower-body injury, according to a team announcement.
Sidney Crosby to miss NHL All-Star Game with lower-body injury
The long tradition of Crosby missing All-Star Games will continue this season.
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Crosby has been playing through the injury recently, per the announcement. He was held without a point in the Penguins' 3-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. Crosby will not be eligible to play in Pittsburgh's next game, a Jan. 27 contest against the Winnipeg Jets, per league rules regarding players missing the All-Star Game. His injury will need about a week to heal, anyway, according to the announcement.
Crosby's teammate, Evgeni Malkin, also won't play in the game because of a lower-body injury, per the team.
Sitting out the All-Star festivities is nothing new for Crosby, who hasn’t played in the game since 2007. The 27-year-old star is coming off a successful year in which he led the league in points and won his second-career Hart Trophy.
Crosby has 51 points -- 15 goals and 36 assists -- in 43 games for the second-place Penguins this season.
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