Is Sidney Crosby making Jake Guentzel and Conor Sheary look good on what quickly is becoming the best line in hockey? Or is it the other way around? Are the kids lifting Crosby’s game and enhancing his reputation as the greatest player in the world?
I’m not smart enough to answer those questions so I decided to ask Crosby after their line combined for two goals and five points Friday night in the Penguins’ 4-1 win against Columbus in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. Crosby also picked up another assist on Evgeni Malkin’s goal just one second after a third-period power play ended to finish with a three-point night, the 11th three-point playoff game of his magnificent career.