December 22, 2015

Bozak and the Leafs burst Varlamov's bubble, Penguins find some offense without Crosby, Justin Schultz scores and more.

No Sidney Crosby for the Penguins as he is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Nice dig here from Chris Johnston:

Sidney Crosby, out tonight with a lower-body injury, has never played a full 82-game NHL season. Twice dressed for 81; once 80.

Crosby’s health woes are well documented so this doesn’t really come as a surprise. Still a crazy stat to think about though. I imagine he will be back on the weekend for the Penguins’ next game

Check out the Penguins’ lines without Crosby:

18.87%	EV	HORNQVIST,PATRIC – MALKIN,EVGENI – SHEARY,CONOR
17.74%	EV	FEHR,ERIC – PLOTNIKOV,SERGEI – PORTER,KEVIN
16.98%	EV	BONINO,NICK – KESSEL,PHIL – KUNITZ,CHRIS
14.34%	EV	CULLEN,MATT – PERRON,DAVID – WILSON,SCOTT

 

With a decent defense you could win with that group, I honestly believe that. It only really works if you’ve got Evgeni Malkin dia