Sidney Crosby has scored an Olympic goal for the first time in 12 years.
Crosby scored on Friday in the third period of Team Canada’s 5-1 preliminary round win over Switzerland in Milan.
The tally helped Canada improve to 2-0 following Thursday’s 5-0 win over Czechia. Next up is a game against France this Sunday at 10:40 a.m. ET.
Friday’s goal marked the sixth goal and 13th point in 15 games of Crosby’s Olympic career.
Crosby recorded four goals and three assists
in seven games of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, including his overtime golden goal against Team USA.
He added one goal and two assists, with his lone tally coming in a 5-0 bronze medal game shutout of Finland, through six games of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Crosby has now recorded three points in two games of the 2026 Milan Olympics thanks to a pair of helpers against Czechia and his goal against Switzerland.
The captain is so far the only Penguins player to record a goal this tournament. Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell have each contributed an assist during Sweden’s 1-1 start to the tournament. They dropped the puck against Slovakia this morning at 6:10 a.m. ET.
Arturs Silovs made his Olympic debut in relief for Elvis Merzlikins during Latvia’s 5-1 loss to the United States on Thursday. He made five saves on six shots against a stacked Team USA. He and Latvia 2343 also back in action early this morning with a 6:10 a.m. ET matchup against Germany.
