Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby is expected to skate this week for the first time since he was knocked out of the lineup with concussion symptoms in early December.

“He will be skating during this trip,” Penguins coach Dan Bylsma, whose team began a three-game, five-day road trip in Washington on Wednesday, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “He also will, at some point in time, address the media. That will happen in the next few days. It isn’t a set plan, but it will happen.”

Two weeks ago, Bylsma told reporters that Crosby was suffering from concussion symptoms. Crosby hasn’t played since Dec. 5, when he suffered an apparent head injury against the Boston Bruins, and hasn’t practised since Dec. 7.

The star has not spoken publicly since Dec. 12.