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The Pittsburgh Penguins staved disconnected elimination for nan 2nd consecutive crippled pinch a clutch Game 5 triumph complete nan Philadelphia Flyers connected Monday night, but celebrations were concisely halted erstwhile a skirmish erupted complete a arguable deed connected Sidney Crosby aft nan last buzzer.
Flyers guardant Travis Konecny recovered himself astatine nan halfway of nan scrum — and nan contention — aft he appeared to cross-check Sidney Crosby aft nan crippled ended, marking nan 2nd incident involving Konecny this bid to tie criticism.
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby collides pinch Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Konecny during nan first play of Game 2 successful nan first information of nan NHL Stanley Cup playoffs successful Pittsburgh connected April 20, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
A monolithic conflict collapsed retired pinch Crosby and Konecny astatine nan bottommost of nan pileup.
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Eventually, nan players were separated, but fans connected societal media called retired Konecny for his "dirty" plays successful nan first-round series.
"No measurement Konecny would present 1 of nan cheapest transverse checks connected Crosby to extremity nan game," 1 personification wrote connected X.
Travis Konecny of nan Philadelphia Flyers reacts aft a Pittsburgh Penguins extremity during nan 2nd play of Game Five successful nan first information of nan 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs astatine PPG Paints Arena successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected April 27, 2026. (Justin Berl/Getty Images)
"Examples are excessively galore [to] count. But different illustration of nan car shed convention @NHL @NHLPlayerSafety not protecting its stars and players," different personification added. "Nobody has ever bought a summons aliases tuned successful to watch Travis Konecny. A good aliases supplemental subject should occur. But won’t."
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The Athletic’s Josh Yohe moreover accused Konecny of hitting Crosby pinch "clear intent to injure."
"It’s a nasty bid and some teams person crossed lines. But nary 1 has been cheaper/more soiled successful this bid than Konecny, whose transverse cheque of Crosby aft nan crippled had ended was clear intent to injure. Earlier successful this series, Konecny tried to footwear Rust. Very soiled player."
The "kick" Yohe referenced took spot successful Game 3.
Pittsburgh Penguins' Bryan Rust wrestles pinch Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Konecny during nan 2nd play of Game 3 successful nan first information of nan NHL Stanley Cup playoffs successful Philadelphia connected April 22, 2026. (Matt Slocum/AP)
Konecny appeared to footwear Bryan Rust during an altercation, but he denied it, telling reporters during his postgame presser that he did not callback immoderate kicking.
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Connor Dewar, Kris Letang, and Elmer Soderblom scored and Crosby had 2 assists connected Monday nighttime to trim nan Flyers' lead to 3-2 and unit Game 6 connected Wednesday.
"I deliberation that’s thing we pridefulness ourselves connected each year. Throughout nan play we’ve been successful different situations and I deliberation that we’ve done a awesome occupation of handling adversity and again here, we’re faced pinch more," Crosby said aft nan win. "It doesn’t get immoderate easier, truthful we cognize it's a large situation going into there. But we person a batch of belief successful our group, we’ve done it clip and clip again."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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