SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Sidney Crosby did a drill with Jared McCann or Dominik Simon on his left side, Patric Hornqvist on his right.
He worked on the No. 1 power play unit with Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust and Hornqvist.
He stayed on the ice at the Ice Den -- so named, apparently, because frostbite maintains a permanent residence there -- long after the Penguins' formal workout Saturday afternoon had ended, working on various aspects of his game.
Crosby looked, in short, like a guy intent on returning to the lineup very soon.