Canadian captain Sidney Crosby won’t be within the lineup for the much-anticipated gold medal showdown towards the USA this morning.
Connor McDavid will put on the captain’s ‘C’ for the second straight recreation.
Crosby skated with the group at apply on Saturday, however coach Jon Cooper stated he could be a game-time resolution.
Crosby suffered a lower-body harm in Canada’s quarterfinal towards Czechia on Wednesday and missed the semifinal recreation towards Finland.
He hobbled off the ice within the second interval after he was crunched alongside the boards within the impartial zone by Czech defenceman Radko Gudas at centre ice and took one other awkward hit alongside the boards later in the identical shift.
The 38-year-old has two objectives and 4 assists in 4 video games on this match — his third Olympic Video games.
Defenceman Josh Morrissey has additionally been dominated out for the showdown as he continues to cope with an harm suffered earlier within the match.
Morrissey suffered his harm within the opening preliminary recreation towards Czechia and has missed each recreation since, regardless of not being initially dominated out for the match.