Penguins center Sidney Crosby sat out practice yesterday because he apparently was not feeling well, but there is no indication he will not be able to play against the Thrashers.

His offensive output has been a bit under the weather, too. Crosby has 10 goals and 11 assists in 22 games, which put him in a seven-way tie for 21st place in the NHL scoring race going into last night.

That’s well below his usual pace, even though putting up a point-per-game is quite a feat for most players.

“I don’t think I’ve changed a lot, to be honest,” Crosby said. “You can analyze a lot of different things when you’re talking about producing and points and things like that. A couple of goals here and there, and we’re not even talking about it.”

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