Sidney Crosby News

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Mario Lemieux didn't win a scoring title until his fourth NHL season and, despite his enormous talent and on-ice presence, couldn't lead the Pittsburgh Penguins into the playoffs until his fifth season. Sidney Crosby did both in his second season. At age 19. The NHL hasn't seen anything like this since a 19-year-old Wayne Gretzky's first NHL season with the Edmonton Oilers in 1979-80 _ a teenager ...

Sidney Crosby sat out the final period of the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers after injuring a groin Monday night. Crosby, who leads the Penguins with 10 goals and 30 points during his second NHL season, got hurt shortly after his goal at 5:47 of the second period gave Pittsburgh a 4-1. He didn't play in the third period ``as a precautionary measure,'' coach Michel Therrien said, ...

It took Sidney Crosby less than two games to figure out where to find new Pittsburgh Penguins phenom Evgeni Malkin. Crosby broke out of a mini-slump Thursday night with three assists, and defenceman Sergei Gonchar scored Pittsburgh's third power-play goal 3:33 into overtime to lift the Penguins to a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night. Trailing 3-2 in the third period, Pittsburgh used the tandem of Crosby to Malkin to get even and set ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins became the first NHL team in nearly 24 years to have three teenagers score goals in a game when Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal and Kristopher Letang did so this week against the Rangers. The 19-year-old Crosby got the game-winner Thursday in the final four seconds of the Penguins' 6-5 victory in Madison Square Garden, while the 19-year-old Letang and 18-year-old Staal each scored their first NHL goals. ...

Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal with 3.3 seconds left, his fourth point of the game, and the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled out a wild 6-5 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night. Crosby fired a pass from the right-wing boards, while Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr sat in the penalty box, that struck someone in front and ricocheted in. Earlier the 19-year-old phenom set up three goals for Pittsburgh, ...

Nicklas Lidstrom and Detroit's defence held Pittsburgh to 13 shots and Johan Franzen scored the pivotal goal off a rebound in the first period as the Red Wings bounced back from an opening-game loss to beat the Penguins 2-0 Saturday night. Dominik Hasek had one of the easiest of his 69 career shutouts, facing only seven shots over the final two periods as last season's Presidents' Trophy winners played their second excellent defensive game in a row. ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins learned last season that going old and paying big money to once-productive veterans doesn't always work. This season, they're going young like never before. The Penguins will have three teenagers on their roster _ Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal and Kristopher Letang _ when they open up Thursday night against Philadelphia. It is an almost unheard of influx of youth for a team in one of the major ...