{"id":446685,"date":"2022-05-14T01:16:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T22:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sidney-crosby-concussion-changes-series-for-rangers\/"},"modified":"2022-05-14T01:16:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T22:16:58","slug":"sidney-crosby-concussion-changes-series-for-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sidney-crosby-concussion-changes-series-for-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sidney Crosby concussion changes series for Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27f16a51d44\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27f16a51d44\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sidney-crosby-concussion-changes-series-for-rangers\/#%E2%80%9CSidney_Crosby_concussion_changes_series_for_Rangers%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Sidney Crosby concussion changes series for Rangers&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSidney_Crosby_concussion_changes_series_for_Rangers%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Sidney Crosby concussion changes series for Rangers&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/larry-brooks.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Larry Brooks\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/larry-brooks.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/larry-brooks.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>PITTSBURGH \u2014 No matter how many times many different Rangers have insisted that this <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> against the Penguins isn\u2019t all about Sidney Crosby, the focus of the first five <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s was, in fact, primarily on Sidney Crosby.<\/p>\n<p>But if the Blueshirts doth protest too much, it was understandable. For Crosby and linemates Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust spent the first four-plus matches of this first-round playoff matchup chewing up and spitting out the Rangers\u2019 power matchup unit, centered by Mika Zibanejad.<\/p>\n<p>Until, that is, Crosby absorbed that hit from Jacob Trouba midway through the second period of Game 5 that both forced him out of the remainder of that contest and keeps him sidelined Friday night for the potential elimination Game 6 for the Blueshirts.<\/p>\n<p>Crosby, of course, has a history of concussions, so it is unclear whether the Pittsburgh captain \u2014 who had been playing some of the most compelling, dominating playoff hockey of his career \u2014 would be in the position to pull a Willis Reed if the Rangers were able to send the series back to the Garden for a Game 7 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>But first things first. The Blueshirts need to take advantage of Crosby\u2019s absence Friday just as they did Wednesday, when they im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely struck for three goals within 3:36 after No. 87 left the ice to overcome a 2-0 deficit before extending the series with a 5-3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>In theory, Crosby\u2019s absence should have freed Zibanejad and linemates Chris Kreider and Frank Vatrano to play with more of an attack-oriented mindset after spending so much energy and focus on stopping Crosby and company.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/crosby-2-copy.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sidney Cosby will not compete in Game 6 between the Penguins and Rangers on Friday, May 13, 2022\" class=\"wp-image-22258204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/crosby-2-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/crosby-2-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/crosby-2-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sidney Cosby will not compete in Game 6 between the Penguins and Rangers on Friday, May 13, 2022<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think we haven\u2019t created offense maybe enough and have maybe been a little too worried about the line we\u2019re playing against and stopping them,\u201d said Zibanejad, who had yet to score a goal through the first five games. \u201cI think I said after Game 1 or 2 that the best way to stop their offense is to create some of your own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think overall we\u2019re going to try and work through it, it\u2019s not easy, it\u2019s not an easy opponent. Just try and play our game and really just enjoy the challenge and enjoy the intensity of the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not as if a Nate Bowman-type support player was going to fill Crosby\u2019s spot the way that the Knicks\u2019 backup center filled in for Reed in Los Angeles for Game 6 of that memorialized 1970 NBA Finals in which Wilt Chamberlain scored 45 points in the Lakers\u2019 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Rather it was Evgeni Malkin, one of the NHL\u2019s Greatest 100, even if inexplicably snubbed by the panel selecting the all-century club, filling the slot between Guentzel and Rust. By the way? It was that line that produced the 3-3 goal at the Garden in Game 5, with Guentzel burying a rebound for his seventh of the series after a mishap between Zibanejad and Igor Shesterkin.<\/p>\n<p>That came 13 seconds after the Blueshirts had tied the score. It also dropped the Zibanejad line to minus-four for the series, on for only two goals for, but six against. Crosby or not, Game 6 was still going to represent a significant challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always talk to our guys about when he is on the ice, it\u2019s not just about Sidney Crosby, but that all five guys have to be aware,\u201d Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant said. \u201cBut I still want us to play our game.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH2186312502&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never once told them, \u2018Let\u2019s be in a defensive shell and make sure they don\u2019t get chances.\u2019 They\u2019re going to get chances any way you look at it, they spend a lot of time in the offensive zone, they\u2019re a great line, a talented line, but we\u2019ve still got to play our game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crosby\u2019s absence, of course, changes the dynamic of Game 6. But the Rangers still need to play their game. They need Shesterkin to be at the top of his game. The Blueshirts have not played well enough for a consistent amount of times in this series to take anything for granted.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers need more from their top six. They need Artemi Panarin to be dangerous. They need the Zibanejad line to assert itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still need to play our game and do the things we did all year,\u201d No. 93 said. \u201cThe focus is really on us. At times maybe we had too much focus on other things and the opposing team rather than us, but I try to keep reminding myself to focus on what I have to do, play my game and have them worry about what we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Game 6, at least, Zibanejad and his mates do not have to worry about Crosby.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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