Penguins captain Sidney Crosby gets 100% real on facing adversity ahead of Game 6 vs. Flyers

The Pittsburgh Penguins are attempting to perform a miracle in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After being down 3-0 to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Penguins have forced a Game 6 in the series.

As the Penguins look to become just the 11th team in NHL history to force a Game 7 after being down 3-0 in the series, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is speaking out about the comeback, per Wes Crosby of NHL.com.

“I think that it’s quite clear, the situation for us,” Crosby said after a 3-2 win in Game 5 on Monday. “It’s win or go home, so I think that urgency, that desperation, whatever you want to call it, I think is brought out in everybody.”

Crosby struggled in the first three games of the series. He was held off the score sheet in the first two games and had a minus-one plus/minus rating in both games. In Game 3, he registered his first assist, but once again had a minus-one rating. In the last two games, both Penguins victories, he has a goal and three assists, with a plus-two plus/minus rating.

“I think that we’ve done a great job of handling adversity,” Crosby said. “Again, here, we’re faced with more and that doesn’t get any easier. We know it’s a big challenge going into there, but I think we have a lot of belief in our group. We’ve done it time and time again, so we think we’ll do it again here.”

Crosby has been in this situation before. The Penguins lost the first three games against the Flyers in the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They would win Game 4 10-3 and then Game 5 3-2. Still, they would fall in Game 6, losing 5-1.

“I think every series is new,” Crosby said. “You try to rely on experience to some extent, but I think it’s new groups, different situations.”

Crosby believes the Penguins have what it takes to be the fifth team in NHL history to win a series after being down three games to none. It starts with a win in Game 6, on Wednesday night.

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