Crosby fires back after backing down from Ovechkin fight

In case you missed it, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin very nearly came to blows last night following a very one sided fight last night between Jamie Oleksiak and Tom Wilson.

Wilson pummelled Oleksiak just a minute into the game and well… all Hell broke loose in Washington, D.C. Crosby started jawing at Ovechkin between the benches, Ovechkin challenged Crosby to a fight and Crosby declined. In the end Sid found the back of the net and the Penguins ended up with a 2-1 victory.

Here’s the entire sequence, first the fight and then the war of words between Crosby and Ovechkin:

Unsurprisingly, Crosby took a lot of heat from Capitals fans for declining Ovechkin’s invitation to fight, but the Penguins superstar fired back today essentially saying that it’s not his job.

Check it out:

Crosby on his interaction with Ovechkin: "I’m trying to find out why it wasn’t an instigator. He started yelling at me for some reason. My conversation was with the official, not with him, so I don’t know why he felt the need to come over."
— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) December 20, 2018

And:

Sidney Crosby on his 1st Period discussion with Alex Ovechkin: "I was out here to play hockey, not chat with him".
— John Shannon (@JSportsnet) December 20, 2018

Suffice it to say, it looks like it’s a bit of a sore subject for Sid. Again, he ended up with the last laugh though and it was Ovechkin who was doubly made after suffering the loss and having his career high 14 game point streak snapped.