NHL Player Safety announced Oilers captain Connor McDavid and Canucks D-man Tyler Myers are suspended for late-game cross-checks. Here's what the department said.
Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid has been suspended three games by the NHL’s department of player safety.
Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers received match penalties for cross-checking in the dying seconds between the Oilers and Canucks. Both coaches were asked about the ending.
In the final seconds of the Edmonton Oilers' 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, tensions boiled over in a dramatic ending that saw Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers handed match penalties.
After a chaotic ending to the Canucks vs. Oilers game on Saturday night in Vancouver, the NHL Player Safety Department held hearings today regarding the match penalties assessed for cross-checking to the heads of Tyler Myers and Connor McDavid.
As a former defenceman, Patrik Allvin played to his strengths Monday. The Vancouver Canucks’ general manager was protective and praised his NHL club for grinding through an injury-riddled and inconsistent season,
The Edmonton Oilers went 3-1 in four games last week, including two come-from-behind wins, and almost pulled off another against the Vancouver Canucks on Jan.
Three teams should get their players' arms ready to lift that 34.5- pound Stanley Cup while four others lurk behind them.
John Klingberg appeared in Oilers colours for the first time while Connor McDavid skated ahead of his disciplinary hearing.
The Canucks held on to defeat the Oilers 3-2 on Saturday, ending their four-game win streak after Leon Draisaitl scored twice & Connor McDavid was assessed a match penalty late in regulation
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Quinn Hughes scored two power-play goals and the struggling Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night. Danton Heinen also scored and J.T. Miller had two assists as the Canucks won for just the second time in eight games (2-4-2). Thatcher Demko had 13 saves.