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Roenick rips Crosby’s work ethic before OT winner

Again he's wrong in his analysis.

Former NHL forward and current NBCSN analyst Jeremy Roenick provided a scalding hot take Monday night in the second intermission of Game 2 between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning.

Roenick suggested Sidney Crosby - who hadn't scored in eight games - could learn about work ethic by watching Jonathan Drouin, the 21-year-old Lightning forward who requested a trade and was suspended by his team earlier this season for failing report to an AHL game.

Twenty minutes and 40 seconds of game time later, Crosby scored the overtime winner to knot the Eastern Conference finals at one game apiece.

Even before Monday's winner, the Hart Trophy nominee was producing at close to a point-per-game pace in the playoffs, and he's now tied for sixth in postseason points.

Roenick's comment is even more amusing when mashed up with the goal.

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Latest on the Stars, Oilers and Capitals – May 17, 2016

Latest rumors and speculation on the Dallas Stars,  Edmonton Oilers and Washington Capitals in your NHL rumor mill.    Stars. SPORTSNET 960 (via TODAY’S SLAPSHOT) Elliotte Friedman doubts a new contract for Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn starts with a 10 (meaning $10 million per season) like the LA Kings’ Anze Kopitar or Chicago’s Jonathan […]

NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – May 17, 2016

Penguins edge Lightning to tie Eastern Conference Final, an update on Steven Stamkos & more in this morning’s collection of notable NHL headlines.  TRIBLIVE.COM/TAMPA BAY TIMES: Sidney Crosby scored his first-ever NHL playoff overtime goal to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference […]

Hockey Night Punjabi with another great call on winner by ‘Sid the former Kid’

The Hockey Night Punjabi crew continues to put in excellent work.

Now 28 years old, somehow, Sidney Crosby was referred to as "Sid the former Kid" during the call of his first career playoff overtime winner.

The 2015-16 season is Crosby's 11th in the NHL, and he's playing in his ninth Stanley Cup Playoffs. They grow up so fast.

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Crosby yelled for pass in OT, Rust wisely complied

Bryan Rust wasn't about to deny Sidney Crosby the puck.

As the Pittsburgh Penguins depth forward entered the Tampa Bay Lightning zone early in overtime Monday night, he had the look of a player intent on firing a shot.

Until Crosby got in in his ear.

Related: Crosby's OT snipe ties up Eastern final

"I didn't think Rusty saw me," Crosby said of the yell, according to Tom Gulitti of NHL.com. "I just kind of let him know I was there."

Rust, 24, is appearing in his first postseason, and now has the distinction of drawing the primary assist on Crosby's first-ever playoff overtime goal.

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Lightning praise Vasilevskiy’s impressive Game 2 performance

Tampa Bay's Game 2 loss was certainly not the fault of goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy.

The Lightning keeper - filling in for injured No. 1 Ben Bishop - was his team's best player Monday night. He stopped 38 of 41 shots and showed impressive poise in the first and third periods when Tampa Bay was outshot a combined 30-14 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Lightning finished with only 21 shots, and didn't register one during 40 seconds of overtime.

"You never want to lose your No. 1 guy in Bish," head coach Jon Cooper said, according to the Tampa Bay Times' Joe Smith. "But we've got 1A+ behind him. (Vasilevskiy) was outstanding tonight.

"He was probably the reason the game went into overtime in the first place."

Brian Boyle agreed.

"(Vasilevskiy) was awesome," the forward said, according to TampaBayLightning.com's Bryan Burns. "He gave us a chance. He was tremendous for us."

Anton Stralman enjoyed what he saw from the 'tender, too.

"He played like he's done nothing else but play in playoff games. It was fun to see."

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Crosby and Dupuis embrace after OT winner

Pascal Dupuis no longer takes to the ice in black and gold, but make no mistake, he remains a Pittsburgh Penguin.

Forced to retire earlier this season after being diagnosed with a blood clot in his lung in 2014, Dupuis shared a moment with Sidney Crosby on Monday night, after No. 87 tied up the Eastern Conference Final against the Tampa Bay Lightning at 1-1 with a nasty snipe in overtime.

Dupuis spent the final eight seasons of his career with the Penguins, winning the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 2009.

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Watch: Crosby’s OT snipe ties up Eastern final

Top shelf.

Sidney Crosby has his first career playoff overtime goal - and it was beautiful.

The Pittsburgh Penguins captain rifled a one-timer upstairs, blocker side, past Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy 40 seconds into overtime to win Monday's game 3-2, and tie the Eastern Conference Final at 1-1. It was the fastest overtime goal in Penguins playoff history.

Crosby was robbed earlier in the game, but his slump's over. The goal was his first in nine games, since Game 4 of the first round.

Here's another angle of the goal:

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Watch: Clune lifts Marlies to Game 7 win

Canada's team remains alive.

Rich Clune scored the decisive goal in a thrilling Game 7 in Toronto on Monday night, sending the Marlies to the AHL's Eastern Conference Finals, where they'll face the Hershey Bears.

The Marlies won the game and the series 4-3.

With the third period beginning in a 1-1 tie, the two clubs seemed destined for an extra frame. That was before the teams erupted for five goals.

Kasperi Kapanen finished with a goal and an assist, Connor Carrick continued his excellent playoffs, scoring his sixth of the postseason, and William Nylander added an assist.

The Devils' Paul Thompson had two goals, as Albany gave the AHL-best Marlies everything they could handle in a tightly contested series, despite dealing with myriad injuries.

The Western Conference Final will feature the Lake Erie Monsters against the Ontario Reign. The Monsters eliminated the Grand Rapids Griffins in overtime of Game 6 on Monday, with Zach Werenski scoring the golden goal.

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