Sidney Crosby expressed some empathy Monday afternoon when asked about Connor McDavid responding to an entanglement with the Canucks’ Conor Garland with a cross-check to the face this weekend.
“It’s like anything,” Crosby told The Athletic’s Josh Yohe before Monday’s meeting with the Kings in Los Angeles. “Sometimes your emotions get the best of you. It’s a physical sport.
“The one time you see that, you probably didn’t see there nine hits that Connor took. Those ones are the ones that never make the highlights. When you retaliate, you make the highlights.”
Connor McDavid has been suspended for three games for cross-checking Conor Garland.