Sidney Crosby scores first goal of season after concussion return (Video)

When it became obvious Sidney Crosby would return to the lineup for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night after missing their first six games with a concussion, his teammates were rather happy.

“He’s the best player in the world,” said winger Carl Hagelin. “We’re happy to have him back and we need to get rolling here.”

Crosby didn’t waste any time to get rolling. He scored his first goal of the season in his first game back from a concussion suffered in a preseason practice. His power-play goal at 13:41 of the second period cut the Florida Panthers’ lead to 2-1.

And it got the Penguins rolling, too: Hagelin and Eric Fehr scored in the third period to complete the rally and earn Pittsburgh (4-2-1) the 3-2 win.

“I think timing and just as far as execution, I think I need to work on that a little bit,” Crosby said after the game. “But it’s been tough to get in any practices or any real game situations. I’ve pretty much just been skating on my own, so I kind of expect that. But I felt like things kind of slowed down as the game went along.”

Crosby now has five goals in his last four regular-season games, and points in nine straight regular-season games in which he’s appeared.

Welcome back, Sid.

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