{"id":545196,"date":"2026-03-18T20:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545196\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:02:07","slug":"crosby-to-return-for-penguins-against-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545196\/","title":{"rendered":"Crosby to return for Penguins against Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh (34-18-15) is tied for second in the Metropolitan Division. It went 5-3-3 without Crosby.<\/p>\n

“It’s\u00a0 great to have him back,” Penguins coach Dan Muse said. The work that he’s put in to be back. Even when he’s out of the lineup, he’s making a major impact on this group, just with his leadership, just being around the group. I can’t speak enough about how much of an impact he makes on an every day basis. You saw it even during the stretch when he was out of the lineup.<\/p>\n

“So now to have him back, it’s obviously exciting for him, exciting for us.”<\/p>\n

In his 21st NHL season, Crosby, the Penguins captain, leads them with 59 points (27 goals, 32 assists) in 56 games.<\/p>\n

Named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players at the League’s Centennial celebration in 2017, Crosby has won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP twice (2006-07, 2013-14), the Ted Lindsay Award as MVP as voted by the NHL Players’ Association three times (2006-07, 2012-13, 2013-14), the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL scoring leader twice (2006-07, 2013-14) and the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy for leading the League in goals twice (2009-10, 2016-17).<\/p>\n

“He is irreplaceable and if you get him back in your lineup, you get so much better in a quick instant,” defenseman Kris Letang<\/a>\u00a0said. “We’re happy that he’s on the right path.”<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh is 2-1-1 on its five-game road trip and is coming off a 7-2 win\u00a0against the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche on Monday.<\/p>\n

“It’s never easy watching, but I think you gain even more appreciation when you’re (out of the lineup),” Crosby said. “You just see on a nightly basis the way we work, the way we compete. Just coming back in games, a lot of different things. Just want to jump in there and contribute the best I can.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh (34-18-15) is tied for second in the Metropolitan Division. It went 5-3-3 without Crosby. “It’s\u00a0 great to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-545196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}