Sidney Crosby Is A Miracle

The cheek, to even attempt a deflection from there. It's hard enough to tip in a puck right from the goalie's doorstep. That sucker is small, hard, and moving well above the speed limit, and it's a genuine feat of hand-eye coordination to not just get a blade on it, but to get only just so much blade on it to not halt it but redirect it to the angle of your choosing. This is probably the hardest hockey thing that the best make look easy. Joe Pavelski dined out on it. Chris Kreider made a career of it. But right up there with them is Sidney Crosby, giving himself what could only be described as a heat check on Thursday night, attempting a redirect from 20 damn feet away. At least.

Crosby's flawless redirect off a nice pass from Ryan Shea, his 27th goal of the season, capped off three Penguins goals in 37 seconds, and though that would prove enough, the Penguins poured it on against old mate Tristan Jarry, winning 6-2 in Edmonton, and moving clear of the Islanders for second in the Metro.