Brayden McNabb took Kirill Kaprizov down with a crosscheck. Vegas only had one penalty in the game, and it was called in the last 10 minutes of the third period.
VGK fan, declaring bias up front: Freeze frame 0:06, looks like MIN player is holding the stick; doesn't look like a takedown when slowed down. Crosscheck, no defense. Should have been called. Holding the stick, barely. Would have been a soft penalty if called. "Penalty-free Vegas hockey" goes both ways – we're last in number of PKs as well as in number of PPs. Not saying there were uncalled MIN penalties in this game, just that the argument is more to be had against refs managing the game as opposed to VGK being Bettman's golden child.
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VGK fan, declaring bias up front:
Freeze frame 0:06, looks like MIN player is holding the stick; doesn't look like a takedown when slowed down.
Crosscheck, no defense. Should have been called.
Holding the stick, barely. Would have been a soft penalty if called.
"Penalty-free Vegas hockey" goes both ways – we're last in number of PKs as well as in number of PPs. Not saying there were uncalled MIN penalties in this game, just that the argument is more to be had against refs managing the game as opposed to VGK being Bettman's golden child.
The first one I might let go because I can't quite tell who is doing what. The other 2, I would definitely call.
I'd call the stick holding. You see that way too much going uncalled.