Crosby hurt as Coyotes beat Penguins

By the third period, an apparent injury to Sidney Crosby had him sitting on the bench.

The rest of the Penguins defense might just as well have been sitting next to him.

Shane Doan scored twice and added an assist, and the Phoenix Coyotes beat Pittsburgh 4-1 on Thursday night. Olli Jokinen also scored, Steven Reinprecht and Zbynek Michalek each had two assists and Ilya Bryzgalov made 27 saves for Phoenix.

"I had some discomfort," said Crosby, who left the game with less than 5 minutes left in the second period. "I decided that in the third period, it didn't seem like I could do much."

What happened to Crosby is unclear. …