Sidney Crosby calls out T.J. Oshie after bench incident on Saturday.

It appears as though Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie may have managed to get under the skin of Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby on Sunday. 

The incident began when Oshie got involved in an altercation in front of the Penguins bench with Penguins rookie Anthony Angello. There was not much worth reporting here it was just your usual shoving back and forth between two heated players, but although Angello himself did not get overly involved in this one, his teammate did. Crosby was sitting on the Penguins bench and was right in front of both men during their altercation, but things got really weird when Crosby himself decided to get involved from the bench. Crosby took a hold of Oshie's stick and appeared to refuse to let it go, all the while yelling something at either Oshie or the officials on the ice. This resulted in Crosby being awarded a 2 minute minor penalty for holding Oshie's stick, but there may have been more to this incident than just that.

First, as the two men initially got involved you can clearly see from the replay that Oshie's stick caught Crosby in the head, bouncing off of his helmet in the process of his jostling with Angello. Crosby may have taken exception to the fact that Oshie struck him in the head with his stick, and that may have been the cause of all of this, but it sounds like there may be more to this story. According to a report from Sportsnet's Justin Bourne Crosby could be heard clearing yelling at the officials on the ice, seemingly trying to get their attention to a spear on the part of Oshie in front of the bench. 

“He f***ing speared me,” exclaimed Crosby as per Bourne's report.

Crosby was awarded a 2 minute minor penalty on the play but it now seems clear that the Penguins captain is very frustrated by the way the situation was handled by officials. Not only does Crosby claim he was speared by Oshie on the play but he also would indicate during his post game comments that he felt Oshie knew exactly what he was doing.

“I think it was Oshie," said Crosby as per Samantha Pell of the Washington Post. "I think he knew what he was doing with his stick coming by the bench there. I think you can probably watch it and see what happened."

I suspect that Crosby is referencing the fact that Oshie's stick struck him in the head initially, which is what led to Crosby's response, however that is only speculation on my part. One thing is certain, the Capitals vs Penguins rivalry has been a hot one for years, and T.J. Oshie may have just added another wrinkle to it.