Sidney Crosby hit a puck out of mid-air and scored after taking a stick to the face

Sidney Crosby had the Pittsburgh Penguins worried on Monday.

Late in the first period, teammate Patric Hornqvist got a little too physically eager with an Arizona Coyotes player. Hornqvist made an ill-timed shove on Martin Hanzal, which subsequently slammed Hanzal’s hockey blade right into Crosby’s eye area.

Not great. Crosby left the ice, and didn’t immediately return for the first five minutes of the second period. But he did eventually come back.

And as it turns out, his eyesight is just fine!

As is his patience: Crosby had to wait for the puck to fall below the crossbar before hitting it into the net. Otherwise it wouldn’t have counted. Further proof Sidney Crosby is not human. Or, at least, has cybernetic ocular implants. Not sure which is more intimidating or against the rules.