"It feels good to be back," said 38-year-old Crosby after Pittsburgh's morning warm-up.
Pittsburgh plays Carolina on the road on Thursday night, local time in Sweden.
It's been exactly a month since Sidney Crosby had to leave Canada's quarterfinal against the Czech Republic in Milan after a blow to the knee in a clash with defender Radko Gudas.
It was a hard blow for Canada to lose its captain, and in the end, the "Maple Leafs" lost to the USA in the Olympic final after overtime.
Pittsburgh, with Swedish Olympic players Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell, has nevertheless fared well during Crosby's eleven-game absence, recording five wins and only three games without earning a point during that time. The team is in a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
