Sidney Crosby and the rejuvenated Pittsburgh Penguins are one of the NHL's biggest early surprises

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby has been doing this for longer than Ben Kindel has been alive. Alex Ovechkin has, too, for that matter.

So yeah, it was maybe a little surreal for the Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward, all of 18, to be on the ice Thursday night alongside the two players who have defined their franchises and in many ways the NHL for two decades and counting.

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