Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby left Thursday’s game against the Ottawa Senators with an apparent injury and will not return, the team announced.
Forward Sidney Crosby will not return to tonight’s game versus Ottawa.
— Penguins PR (@PenguinsPR) March 27, 2026
Crosby, 38, skated 6:39 in the game and exited late in the first period after getting his left leg tangled up with one of the Senators players along the boards, according to Taylor Haase of DK Pittsburgh Sports.
The 5-foot-11 centre attempted to return in the second period where his last shift lasted 38 seconds before leaving the ice again.
Crosby missed 11 games coming out of the Olympic break in late February after sustaining a knee injury while playing for Canada in the quarter-finals of Milano Cortina 2026 against Czechia. Thursday’s game was his fifth appearance since returning from the injury
He has 28 goals and 64 points in 60 games with the Penguins this season.
The Penguins entered Thursday’s action in third place in the Metropolitan Division with a 32-20-16 record. They are one point behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for second place and a point ahead of the New York Islanders for forth place.
Pittsburgh has 10 games remaining in the regular season after Thursday’s game, including key matchups with the Islanders and Detroit Red Wings on Monday and Tuesday.
