Coming into these playoffs, it would have been hard to believe that after two games that Sidney Crosby of all peoplewould be scoreless and a minus-2 in back-to-back losses to open the series.
Crosby was asked after the Penguins' 3-0 loss in Game 2 on Monday if the Flyers are doing anything unique to stifle him in this series, and he started to shake his head and say "No" before the question was even fully out.
"It's playoff hockey," he said. "It's tight-checking. Got to find a way to generate or produce, whatever you want to call it."
Generating and producing might be two different things in this context. Generating? He's doing that. It's just not producing actual points ... yet.
Through these two games Crosby has seven shots on goal, three more than anyone else. At five-on-five alone, he leads in shots with five. His 10 shot attempts ties him for fourth behind Erik Karlsson (13) and his linemates Egor Chinakhov (13) and Bryan Rust (11).
It'd be more worrying if Crosby wasn't getting those chances. Still, he needs to start converting if the Penguins are even going to make this series competitive, let alone advance to the next round.
The Penguins -- especially Crosby -- just need one to go in. If it does, the feel of this series can change in a hurry.
THE ASYLUM
How has Sid been so quiet?
Coming into these playoffs, it would have been hard to believe that after two games that Sidney Crosby of all people would be scoreless and a minus-2 in back-to-back losses to open the series.
Crosby was asked after the Penguins' 3-0 loss in Game 2 on Monday if the Flyers are doing anything unique to stifle him in this series, and he started to shake his head and say "No" before the question was even fully out.
"It's playoff hockey," he said. "It's tight-checking. Got to find a way to generate or produce, whatever you want to call it."
Generating and producing might be two different things in this context. Generating? He's doing that. It's just not producing actual points ... yet.
Through these two games Crosby has seven shots on goal, three more than anyone else. At five-on-five alone, he leads in shots with five. His 10 shot attempts ties him for fourth behind Erik Karlsson (13) and his linemates Egor Chinakhov (13) and Bryan Rust (11).
It'd be more worrying if Crosby wasn't getting those chances. Still, he needs to start converting if the Penguins are even going to make this series competitive, let alone advance to the next round.
The Penguins -- especially Crosby -- just need one to go in. If it does, the feel of this series can change in a hurry.
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