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10 misconducts handed out in third period of Rangers / Devils Game 2

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The New York Rangers kept dominating the New Jersey Devils in Game 2, getting a 5-1 statement win again and taking a commanding 2-0 lead in the series as it now shifts to Madison Square Garden.

The Devils weren’t happy about it and it definitely showed in the second part of the third period. Tempers blew up with less than 10 minutes with the Rangers cruising late in the game. It kicked off with Devils’ fourth-line center Michael McLeod and New York defenseman Braden Schneider getting into a big fight with both landing haymakers, and led to absolute mayhem with 10 misconducts getting handed out before the final buzzer, almost all at once.

The night ended early for Rangers’ Barclay Goodrow, Jimmy Vesey, Niko Mikkola, Tyler Motte and Adam Fox. The Devils lost Brendan Smith, Nathan Bastian, Kevin Bahl, Miles Wood and Timo Meier to misconducts.



That was a busy third frame for the officials who did not want to lose control of the game as the Devils attempted to set the stage for the third contest this weekend.

Despite the officials trying to get a hold of things before the final buzzer, it still managed to turn into a gong show and got 10 misconducts on the stat sheet.

Game 3 takes place Saturday night in the Big Apple, with tempers probably still boiling from the Rangers’ commanding wins in Devils’ territory.

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Tom Wilson cries he’s being unfairly targeted by officials

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Following two controversial calls in consecutive games, Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson is feeling frustrated.
In Thursday’s contest against the Montreal Canadiens, Wilson was issued 17 penalty minutes after fighting Michael Pezzetta and receiving the instigator penalty. Two days later, Florida’s Givani Smith threw a punch at Wilson from the Panthers’ bench after his shift had already ended. When Wilson responded from the ice, the two earned matching minors. Wilson flipped out in the sin bin while his head coach Peter Laviolette was furious at the officiating staff from behind the bench.

The Caps’ forward can’t make sense of it and blames the officials for unfairly targeting him. “You know what? Honestly, I don’t really know what’s going on like rules-wise,” Wilson said after the game against Montreal. “The other night, I ask a guy to fight, I square up and get 17 minutes. I get punched from the bench on a line change and we kill three consecutive penalties. It’s tough.”

On Saturday night, Wilson was once again penalized when he retaliated after being hit from the Panthers’ bench, and the officials decided to give both Smith and Wilson two-minute roughing penalties. Wilson did not begin the altercation, nor did he commit an infraction from the bench.

The Capitals’ enforcer was shocked at the officials’ response.

“Honestly, that was the first time [I’ve ever been punched from the bench],” he said. “I don’t know what the rule is. I thought if you get punched from the bench off the ice it’s probably a game misconduct. We go four-on-four, and then we kill two or three penalties, I don’t know what it was, for the rest of the period.

“It was obviously a big game for them but we’re still trying to win games. That was a little frustrating. It’s never happened. I maybe should not have reacted but if you get punched from the bench, you kind of react with the territory.”

That’s the thing Wilson, you always seem to have an excuse for why you behave the way you do. Wilson plays a physical game and needs to understand that it comes the territory.

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Evidence shows how Leafs’ Michael Bunting is being unfairly officiated!

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After Toronto Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting was called for embellishment and got a 10-minute misconduct in Sunday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings, head coach Sheldon Keefe revealed how general manager Kyle Dubas was going to call the league and deal with it.

Darren Dreger reported on last night’s Insider Trading on TSN that there will indeed be a discussion about it at the league’s meeting with head coaches and general managers prior to the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

In the meantime, Jonas Siegel of the Athletic has put together a full article on evidence that shows how Bunting is being treated unfairly by officials.

Siegel targeted different incidents in which Bunting was being mistreated. The reporter started off with the same example Dreger offered when commenting on the situation:

“An example of that is a game against Evander Kane and the Edmonton Oilers. Kane is all over Bunting, Bunting gets mauled by Kane, and both of these players end up in the penalty box. I’m sure Bunting is thinking “look I don’t know what I did there.”

In a second example, Siegel recalls how Bunting received two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct while Columbus Blue Jackets’ Mathieu Olivier got nothing and then later in the same game with Boone Jenner on this sequence:

Siegel only used different incidents from past weeks, but Bunting knows it’s been happening for a while. But that won’t stop him from keeping his playing style.

“Obviously I play on that edge and in that role that draws a little bit more attention to myself,” he said to Siegel. “And I know that and I’m OK with that. I’ve played that (way) my whole life. I played that (way) in every level, even in the American League. I don’t plan on changing because it got me here (to the NHL ). I just gotta keep playing, keep being focused on playing my game and not worrying about anything else.”

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Malkin earns 28 penalty minutes and gets ejected on Sunday!

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Pittsburgh Penguins star forward Evgeni Malkin is on the receiving end of some pretty harsh criticism tonight, and considering the circumstances you can certainly see where his critics are coming from.

Malkin and the Penguins faced off against intrastate rivals the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night, and it was an absolutely must win game for the Penguins. The Flyers are already eliminated from playoff contention but the Penguins still have some hope of making it in, something that gave this rivalry game considerably more meaning.

In spite of the must win stakes for the Penguin, Malkin would rack up a staggering 28 minutes of penalties on the night, thanks in large part to his insistence on arguing with the officials on the ice, and would even get himself tossed from the game for the same reason.

Many fans and pundits were quick to slam Malkin for his behavior in such an important game, including Pittsburgh radio host Mark Madden.

It wasn’t just Madden and disgruntled fans who criticized Malkin’s behavior however, Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan publicly admonished his player following the game and apparently did so privately in the locker room as well.

Malkin’s 28 penalty minutes were the most for a player in a single game this season.