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The real Sidney Crosby laces up his skates but the rest of the team tries to mirror his every move during warmups Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The real Sidney Crosby laces up his skates but the rest of the team tries to mirror his every move during warmups Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penguins center Sidney Crosby kisses his girlfriend Kathy Leutner during pregame ceremony marking his 1000th game Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penguins center Sidney Crosby and his girlfriend Kathy Leutner watch a video to honor Crosby during pregame ceremony marking his 1000th game Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penguins center Sidney Crosby and his girlfriend Kathy Leutner look up at Mario Lemieux while watching a video to honor Crosby during pregame ceremony marking his 1000th game Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The real Sidney Crosby laces up his skates but the rest of the team tries to mirror his every move during warmups Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, center, poses with Evgeni Malkin, left, and Kris Letang during a ceremony honoring his 1000th NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penguins Evgeni Malkin gives a hug to center Sidney Crosby during pregame ceremony marking Sid’s 1000th game Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penguins center Sidney Crosby and his longtime girlfriend Kathy Leutner watch a video to honor Crosby during pregame ceremony marking his 1000th game Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby battles for loose puck against the Islanders Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Teammates applaud captain Sidney Crosby as he makes his way back to the bench during a ceremony honoring his 1000th NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry makes save against the Islanders Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry makes save against the Islanders Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby celebrates after assisting on goal by defenseman Kris Letang against the Islanders in the second period Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penguins Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel celebrate with Kris Letang after Letang scores his second goal of the night against the Islanders Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penguins Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel celebrate with Kris Letang after Letang scores his second goal of the night against the Islanders Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penguins center Sidney Crosby congratulates goaltender Tristan Jarry after beating the Islanders 3-2 Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":20717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[508,7,13,4,15,11,132],"tags":[],"coauthors":[28],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/SS-Crosby-hits-game-1000-23-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1887&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20702"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20722,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20702\/revisions\/20722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20702"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=20702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}