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Alex Ovechkin slashes Sidney Crosby, rivalry (sort of) lives

PITTSBURGH — Finally, a new twist on Sidney Crosby vs. Ovechkin: One of them may have injured the other.

Crosby left Game 4 of Penguins-Capitals after Ovechkin caught him on the hand ...

Ovechkin with the nice little chop on Sid pic.twitter.com/Qlvbmn0da8

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 5, 2016

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... and came back a few minutes later. We'll know what did or didn't happen to Crosby whenever Pittsburgh's season ends.

Crosby nearly scored the first goal of the series for either in the first period; he originally got credit for tipping Trevor Daley's shot, but that was reversed.