New York Post

Pens’ Crosby, Jarry practice, may play Sunday

- By PETER BOTTE RANGERS NOTES

The Penguins might get back their No. 1 center and their first-string goalie for Game 7 against the Rangers.

Injured captain Sidney Crosby and netminder Tristan Jarry both participat­ed in practice Saturday, and Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan did not rule out either or both playing in the series-deciding game Sunday night at the Garden.

“We’ll take each day as it comes,” Sullivan told reporters. “I’m not going to speculate at this point. They’re obviously on the ice. At this point, that’s encouragin­g. They’re making progress.”

Crosby sat out Game 6, which the Rangers won 5-3 Friday night in Pittsburgh with a reported concussion following a hit by defenseman Jacob Trouba in Game 5. The two-time Hart Trophy winner skated on his own before Game 6, then rejoined his teammates on the ice Saturday.

“I think anytime he’s on the ice, it’s good for our team, it’s good for our players, it’s good for our morale. That’s certainly a boost for our guys,” Sullivan said.

Jarry hasn’t played since April 14 due to a reported fractured foot. Thirdstrin­ger Louis Domingue has started the past five games after replacing injured backup Casey DeSmith in the second of three overtime periods in the series opener.

Coach Gerard Gallant said the Rangers “expect Sid to play” Sunday and believe Jarry’s return is “a possibilit­y.”

➤ The availabili­ty of technology can be a valuable tool for hockey players to see what they did right or wrong in real time, but Chris Kreider spurred a viral moment during the Rangers’ Game 6 win.

While on the bench in the second period, Kreider ripped a tablet out of linemate Mika Zibanejad’s hands and slammed it to the ground behind the bench. Zibanejad had been seeking to review a missed breakaway chance from earlier in the period.

“He was looking at the breakaway and I heard him start second-guessing his move and didn’t really like that,” Kreider said after the game. “He beat [Domingue] clean, hit the post. Don’t need to secondgues­s.”

Both players scored twice in the game, the first goals of the series for Zibanejad.

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