The play has been debated and dissected.
Pittsburgh Penguins' Justin Schultz (4) celebrates his goal with Evgeni Malkin (71) and Phil Kessel (81) during the second period of Game 4 in an NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semifinal hockey game against the Washington Capitals in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. "He's very positive. We're very optimistic, and we're hopeful that we'll get him back in a timely fashion". They also scored two of their three Game 3 goals on the power play.
"If Sid is not playing.it's a loss for us", Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist said. The road team has won all four games in this series.
Washington took a 2-0 lead early in the third period behind goals by Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetzov, rare moments of flow during a static and occasionally ugly three periods that tried to make up in physicality what it lacked in pace of the frenetic opening two games in Washington.
Pittsburgh was without its top offensive weapon after Sidney Crosby suffered a concussion on a Game 3 cross-check from Matt Niskanen, per Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Most notably, he missed half of 2010-11 and most of the following season because of head injuries. Left winger Jake Guentzel moved down a line to play with center Nick Bonino and right winger Bryan Rust.
Sheary skated separately before Pittsburgh held an optional practice Tuesday, but his timetable is as inexact as that of Crosby, who was at the team's practice facility but did not skate.
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"The nature of these things is they're all very different", Sullivan said. "He has that ability", Sullivan told reporters. I trust him, and he's big man.
"You can't replace (Crosby) but I think we've shown that through the season whenever the guy's not there, other guys have to step up", Fleury said. The prized in-season acquisition had been called more derogatory names than most politicians after entering Game 3 with a league-worst minus-eight rating in eight playoff contests.
The penalty on Oshie, a high-sticking call against Nick Bonino, turned out to be one of the most damaging because it happened with less than two minutes to play in regulation with the Capitals trying to tie the game. "You had two forces coming across". But Niskanen was ejected for his hit on Crosby just 5:24 into that contest, leaving the Capitals with the usual six defensemen and one fewer forward than they would normally have.
Turns out, the Penguins didn't need to seek revenge on Niskanen, who drew a game misconduct for his hit on Crosby but avoided any further punishment from the National Hockey League. "We're very optimistic and hopeful we'll have him back in a timely fashion", Penguins coach Mike Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday of Crosby, a two-time Hart Trophy victor and a finalist for the award this season.
The Capitals now have a unique opportunity to even the series while the Penguins best players sit out of the lineup.
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