Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse will miss Friday night time’s playoff recreation in opposition to the Vegas Golden Knights.
Nurse obtained instigator and misconduct penalties for preventing Nic Hague after Alex Pietrangelo’s slashing penalty within the closing minute of the Oilers’ 4-1 win in Sport 4.
For the reason that instigator penalty occurred within the closing minute, it carries an computerized one-game suspension.
The NHL upheld the choice.
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Darnell Nurse (25) of the Edmonton Oilers fights Nicolas Hague (14) of the Vegas Golden Knights within the third interval of Sport 4 of the second spherical of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs at Rogers Place Could 10, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Andy Devlin/NHLI by way of Getty Photographs)
The sloppy ending of the sport resulted in a number of penalties and skirmishes.
Misconduct penalties had been handed out to Vegas’ Chandler Stephenson, Jonathan Marchessault and Brett Howden in addition to Edmonton’s Kailer Yamamoto and Evander Kane. The Knights’ Hague went out for preventing.
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Golden Knights defenseman Pietrangelo took a misconduct penalty with just below 90 seconds remaining. After a Leon Draisaitl shot went extensive of the online, Pietrangelo slashed the Oilers’ ahead throughout the arms.
“That was a extremely, actually harmful slash,” Draisaitl mentioned. “I feel these are issues that don’t have anything to do with hockey or the sport. You possibly can severely injure somebody with a slash like that.”
Darnell Nurse (25) of the Edmonton Oilers defends the online within the third interval in opposition to the Las Vegas Golden Knights in Sport 4 of the second spherical of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs Could 10, 2023, at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Lawrence Scott/Getty Photographs)
Oilers captain Connor McDavid mentioned Pietrangelo must be suspended. His coach, Jay Woodcroft, agreed.
“I might not outline it as a hockey play, and I’d depart it at that,” Woodcroft mentioned.
Knights coach Bruce Cassidy mentioned Pietrangelo has been a mannequin participant.
“He’s obtained no historical past of suspension or being known as on the carpet by the league,” Cassidy mentioned. “Petro’s a reasonably sincere participant, I can attest to that. We love the best way he performs the sport for us.”
Darnell Nurse (25) of the Edmonton Oilers skates in opposition to Alex Pietrangelo (7) of the Vegas Golden Knights in Sport 4 of the second spherical of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs at Rogers Place Could 10, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Andy Devlin/NHLI by way of Getty Photographs)
Pietrangelo had a listening to with the division of participant security. The results of Thursday’s listening to may consequence within the Golden Knights’ finest defenseman being unavailable for Sport 5 as their second-round collection hangs within the stability.
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Woodcroft was routinely fined $10,000 high-quality because of Nurse’s suspension.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
