Crosby scored a big-time overtime winner against Tampa Bay on May 16, 2016.
Nine years ago today, Sidney Crosby scored one of his biggest playoff goals of all time when he propelled the Penguins to an overtime winner against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of the 2016 Eastern Conference Finals.
The Penguins entered Game 2 of the series after dropping a tough Game 1 at home against Tampa Bay and were looking to avoid falling into a 0-2 hole after previously being swept in the Conference Finals in 2013.
It was a hectic first period as Matt Cullen and Phil Kessel gave the Penguins a 2-0 lead in the first half of the opening frame, but Tampa Bay wouldn’t go quietly as Anton Stralman and Jonathan Drouin leveled the score before the first intermission.
The second period came and went with no goals.
The third period also came and went with no goals.
The game was headed to overtime and it felt like this one could go on for a while without anyone breaking the tie.
But that couldn’t have been farther from the truth once overtime got underway as Sidney Crosby called game just 40 seconds into sudden death.
It still to this day looks like Crosby’s shot managed to bend space and time the way it curved its way into the back of the net.
Crosby ended an 8-game goal drought when tying the series for the Penguins, sending things to Tampa tied 2-2.