The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without their captain for a second straight game when they take on the Philadelphia Flyers in a Metropolitan Division showdown. The superstar center missed the team's most recent contest against the New York Rangers due to an upper-body injury and will now be out again.

The game against the Flyers was the Penguins’ last before the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off (Feb. 12-20), where Crosby is set to captain Canada. He leads the Penguins with 58 points (17 goals, 41 assists) in 55 games.

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will miss his second straight game Saturday, coach Mike Sullivan told reporters in Philadelphia ahead of puck drop against the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center. Crosby was ruled out of Friday’s contest,

Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby will not play against the New York Rangers on Friday night due to an upper-body injury, according to coach Mike Sullivan. On Tuesday night, Crosby collided with Luke Hughes and Erik Haula of the New Jersey Devils.

In the past three seasons, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby hasn't missed many games, but when he has, the New York Rangers have been on the schedule.

The Pittsburgh Penguins had to play a game without their captain and superstar Sidney Crosby. The Penguins also remained without their other superstar forward, Evgeni Malkin, having to battle undermanned against a New York Rangers team that had just added star forward J.