Crosby out for Penguins against Rangers because of lower-body injury

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueSidney Crosby has a lower-body injury and will not play for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TVAS, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV)."[Crosby] is continuing to be evaluated right now," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Monday. Letang is week to week with a lower-body injury; Hornqvist (lower body) is out longer term.Forwards Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Jared McCann (lower body), Alex Galchenyuk (lower body), Nick Bjugstad (lower body) and Bryan Rust (upper body), and defenseman Brian Dumoulin (lower body), have each returned recently from injury for Pittsburgh."We've gone through it before," said forward Jake Guentzel, who has who has eight goals this season after scoring 40 mostly on a line with Crosby last season. Dominik Simon moved to left wing, where McCann played Saturday, on a line with Malkin at center and Rust at right wing."[Crosby is] a guy you can't replace," McCann said. He wore the guard again to start the next game against the Edmonton Oilers, but removed it midway through a 2-1 overtime loss on Nov. 2.Entering his 15th NHL season, Crosby sustained an undisclosed injury after taking a shot off his foot during the Penguins' final preseason game on Sept.