He's done this stuff his whole career, getting into scrums and doing "lemme at him!" acts and any time the chips are down he doesn't do anything. Crosby has the reputation for being the sissy whiner but he's actually a million times tougher than Malkin
They should have won the game without Jack and Evander, as they were on 5 days rest, playing a team that lost the night before and traveled, that they had on the ropes with a 3 goal lead.
Gustavsson took Adam Larsson's ass to his head while he was down on the ice, snapped his head pretty good. He stayed in the game for a bit after that but took himself out.