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Penguins' Sidney Crosby Active for Game 7 vs. Rangers After Reported Head Injury

Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby will play in Sunday's decisive Game 7 against the New York Rangers.

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WE'RE FEELIN' REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW.<br><br>Welcome back Crosby, Rakell, and Jarry!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PensIn7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PensIn7</a> <a href="https://t.co/dM9SbUMCr6">pic.twitter.com/dM9SbUMCr6</a>

Crosby was knocked out of Game 5 of the Penguins' first-round playoff series after taking a high hit to the head area from Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba.

Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said Crosby suffered an upper-body injury, and the center was ruled out of Game 6.

At the time of the injury, the Penguins were up 3-1 in the series and 2-0 in Game 5, but the momentum shifted when Crosby went down, as the Rangers came back to win Game 5 by a 5-3 score.