TAMPA, Fla. — It was a busy opening 96 seconds for Sidney Crosby at Amalie Arena on Saturday during the Lightning’s 7-1 victory. Not a good kind of busy, though.



• At the conclusion of his first shift, Crosby was followed to the bench by Yanni Gourde and the two had a brief exchange.



• Crosby was given the only penalty on the play and looked in disbelief while skating to the penalty box.



• After Nikita Kucherov scored 39 seconds following the penalty, Crosby skated toward referee Garrett Rank instead of heading to the bench. Rank pointed at the bench, telling Crosby to leave. Crosby responded with some expletives and was given a 10-minute misconduct.



Crosby explained what happened from his standpoint.



“I just thought it was a bad call,” Crosby said. “It was early in the game. It happens every game, 20 times a game. Guy’s following me back to be bench saying stuff to me. I don’t think...