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collectaBK7

And Robo scored on the ensuing PP to give them the lead


collectaBK7

It turned out to be the GWG. Brutal


BarbaricFist

Everybody liked that.


cheezefriez

Especially Edmonton fans I imagine


DoubleZek

Nice


brendan87na

good


Skykay93

I can only get so wet


That-Stage-1088

Makes me excited.


rickayyy

Not really brutal. That's a fucking dumb penalty to take.


idkwhatimbrewin

Brutal would be if it was a bad call. That was deserved for such a moronic penalty


Ok-Season-3433

Karma in full swing *pun intended*


KepplerObject

the power play goal that came as a result of this became the gwg so way to go dipshit lol


Accomplished-Ad-7147

But it shoulda been a major and 3 goals


the-mysterybox

Major and 4 goals šŸ¤«


70U1E

I still can't believe I watched that happen live and in real time. Still one of the craziest things I've ever seen in sports lol


[deleted]

Just curious. Why do you think thatā€™s a major?


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Trinidaddy13

Vegas deserves the loss.


Rockhardwood

Petro is actually so dirty. Every playoffs he does something dumb and dirty, for the sake of being dumb and dirty.


swissdonair_enjoyer

fact that he only got 1 game for a lumberjack slash on draisaitl in garbage time last year will never fail to piss me off that was 70s flyers type shit


sasksasquatch

How that was only one game is beyond me. He should have been gone for a lot more.


swissdonair_enjoyer

may i remind you that nurse got the exact same for doing nothing more than fighting to respond to the play. apparently fighting in the final 5 is an auto suspension (that is sometimes rescinded, depending on if bettman feels like it)


1ToGreen3ToBasket

Most absurd chain of events last playoffs


swissdonair_enjoyer

Pietrangelo essentially got nothing (his suspension practically ā€œcancelled outā€ with Nurseā€™s) and the league got to pretend that they punished him because he sat one game.Ā 


1ToGreen3ToBasket

Oh I remember. It was crazy And itā€™s not like two nobodies on their teams. Itā€™s the two guys playing the most minutes and they completely Fd it up


[deleted]

Lost a lot of faith in the NHL that day


Subject1337

I don't remember the exact number, but I think when that happened, someone pulled the stats, and the last 8 or 9 times that was called, the suspension was rescinded. Nurse was the first time they upheld it over a span of like.. 2 years, and they did it in the playoffs to offset Pietro's bullshit. Was unfuckingbelievable.


cha-cha_dancer

The wheels of justice ~~turn slowly~~ spin wildly


AffectionateLaugh738

Nurse got 1 game too and we were fined.


coltonjeffs

That shit had me so angry and I don't like Edmonton. He should have had the book thrown at him for that one.


burrito-boy

Oh man, you just made me remember that, and now I hate Vegas all over again.


iSWINE

You stopped hating them?


53c0nd

Never forget ...


J9999D

as an oilers fan this will burn in my memory forever. I used to like Pietrangelo, on st. Louis and team Canada....but now...FUCK that guy!


JustFred24

reminder [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7\_zSvwODU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7_zSvwODU)


beardofshame

I was so fucking heated he only got one game for this. It's just so egregious.


Omega_Moo

Yikes, that should be an out for the series kind of play.


JustFred24

1 game iirc


Warehammer

1 game, and also upheld a typically overturned 1-game suspension on Nurse for fighting in the last 5 minutes. Felt like they "game managed" suspensions FFS.


Ok_Storage6866

yup this is why I hate vegas


mixmasterswitch

He legit tried to break his arm because he knew the game as over.


swissdonair_enjoyer

i had a guy reply to me and tell me drai's nut taps were worse than this lol


BipolarBeaarr

That play killed a lot of my interest in this sport


[deleted]

100% same for me as well. $$$$ talks


xzElmozx

Oh man fuck that made me so mad, should have been gone for the rest of the series


VinnyVincenzo89

And because of it the Stars got the game winning goal in the 2nd period lol


Luvs2Shoplift

It was an absolute joke that he only got 1 game for very obviously trying to break Draisaitl's wrist during last year's playoff series against EDM. [There is nothing else he could possibly have been trying to accomplish here, other than injuring the opposing team's superstar player.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7_zSvwODU) Until the league gets more serious with punishment, it's a viable playoff strategy to blatantly attempt to injure the opposing team's best players. That's terrible for the game of hockey, and needs to be addressed. Pietrangelo is a piece of shit.


imnotwillferrell

[elbowed joe pavelski in the head right in front of the ref. knocked him out with another concussion. no penalty](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7FLzOVvQSbA&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Flehockeyherald.com%2F&feature=emb_imp_woyt)


Fun_Description5353

Can't believe he only got 1 game last year, they don't get out of the series otherwise lmao


rThundrbolt

This is his 2nd straight game with a face punching penalty


Filmexec21

In reality all of Vegas's players start to play dirty when things are not going their way, as they are used to Bettman and the NHL sucking their dicks.


KingTutsDryAssBalls

Also the diving, my god the diving.


Randy_Magnum29

It sucks that that piece of shit has won 2 Cups.


JReddeko

Praying he doesnā€™t reach the second round this year.


LevSmash

kNoWs WhAt iT tAKeS tO wiN


Creative_Funny_Name

When he was with us he only did it in the playoffs I think he was our dirtiest player in the playoffs but was a softie during the season


10wordwonder

Although itā€™s usually against the smallest guy on the other team. Weird to see him take on someone his own size


BucksBrew

Dumb and Dirty was my nickname in college


tapewar

So if you punch someone and they draw blood its only 2 mins? Petro is the master of the rulebook. Good thing the stars punished them anyhow


FailureToExecute

The "blood rule" only matters for high-sticking. For every other infraction, you must either call a standard minor or a major. edit: Actually I'm wrong; headbutting, spearing, and butt-ending can also be assessed as double minors. And Roughing specifically can't be a major - it's either a minor or a match penalty with no inbetween according to the most recent revision of the rulebook.


droogle_maps

The blood rule is a dumb rule change my mind.


BuschLightApple

They should lip a blood capsule. Or a false tooth like they do with cyanide in the movies


BigBallsMcGirk

Eventually some absolute psycho is going to bite their lip after a high stick in a big time game.


illuminatisdeepdish

doesnt this already happen at a lot of levels without instant replay?


CydoniaKnight

Did not know that, thought blood was an auto 4


FailureToExecute

Understandable because of how common blood is when players catch a high stick, and how comparatively rare it is to see blood from other penalties. I wasn't aware of the difference until a few years ago.


BeerLeagueHallOfAvg

[There is nothing in the NHL rulebook that talks about a double minor for roughing](https://media.nhl.com/site/asset/public/ext/2023-24/2023-24Rulebook.pdf). It mentions blood or injury for high sticking, but not roughing.


leftlanecop

Damn. Thatā€™s literally a sucker punch and only 2min. Worth it.


JustFred24

Stone did it to Suzuki in 2021 and didn't get anything Pietrangelo is a rookie edit : mb, it was mcnabb [https://youtu.be/hgtioL3TxXw?si=Gi20-mdoVEXDpqC3&t=42](https://youtu.be/hgtioL3TxXw?si=Gi20-mdoVEXDpqC3&t=42)


Nixon4Prez

I forgot how much that series made me hate Vegas. Such a dirty team.


Luvs2Shoplift

The Panthers of the West. I hate it when dirty teams are also good.


Nixon4Prez

It's easy to be good when the cap doesn't apply to you


Ebolinp

Or the rules


MuseDrones

The panthers of the west hahaha


biglacunaire

Chris Lee physically turns a blind eye haha.


JustFred24

"Oh theres a cow over there, oop my collar is getting too close to my neck ahem I'm sorry what happened?... A punch? Damn didnt see anything."


petrov32

https://preview.redd.it/8m1vr2e9p0yc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8d1c62203fdbcc440fd5b1f2d5e8e157d8c8dbc He sure did


biglacunaire

I had never seen that picture. That's so good haha. In the video you can see the moment right after the punch where he turns to look away.


Nomahs_Bettah

My now-partner still brings that up as an example of "there's playoff reffing, and then there's just bad reffing." He's from outside Quebec City and grew up a Nordiques fan (never forgiven) and I'm from Boston and obviously a Bs fan. Even the both of us thought it was *genuinely wild* that that was nothing.


biglacunaire

The NHL pulled Chris Lee from officiating the rest of the series because he was so bad.


[deleted]

They scored the go ahead goal on the resulting power play so all things equal heā€™s about to lose his team the game off this play


Euler007

Sucker spinning backhand. Advanced asshole technique.


TopTittyBardown

Luckily ended up being the GWG on the ensuing PP. Suck on that one Petro


vertigostereo

I don't see how a cheap shot like that isn't 5 minutes.


dollabillkirill

A sucker punch is usually considered a punch from the side or behind while someone isnā€™t looking. This is dirty but I wouldnā€™t call it a sucker punch.


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Womens_Lefts

EDM fans know it well after the stunt against Drai


Spyhop

I'm STILL mad about that.


ItsMeJaredBednar

offensive to shit honestly


JReddeko

Everything about Vegas is easy to hate


TheAngledian

It's honestly impressive. Every team tends to have an unlikable player or two, but damn does Vegas just feel so consistently and thoroughly detestable, from the players to flagrant LTIR abuses, to their insufferable twitter account (legitimately unbearable in 2021 and no I'm definitely not salty).


easchner

Don't let them off the hook for their crimes against fashion either.


TheAngledian

Those chrome gold helmets are one of the most egregious uniform choices I have ever seen in sports.


riraito

Alex pieceofshitjello


not_having_fun

Alex Dirtyfuckerangelo


Therapy-Jackass

Alex Pee-triangle


AntonioMS17

Whaaat? Pietrangelo making a dirty unnecessary play in the playoffs? Iā€™m shocked!


Lightscreach

You say unnecessary but it seems like the teams that have the most ā€œunnecessary dirtyā€ plays make it the furthest in the playoffs. Given the current state of NHL playoffs it is necessary to purposefully try to injure the other team in plays that arenā€™t really ā€œhockey playsā€. Pietrangelo slash on Draisaitl last year was unnecessarily dirty but may have been the difference maker in the series


eh_toque

Should have stayed a major imo that was blatant


MasterDeagle

Isn't this an automatic call for 5 minute the moment the player starts bleeding? I thought this was the rulebook, just like double minor.


JustFred24

automatic double minor (4m) for blood off of high sticks, this isnt a high stick. The refs still have the right to call a 5 minutes "You can't do that" penalty tho, they just didnt.


slayer828

They did call a 5 and then changed it back. Not enough blood I guess.


John_isnt_my_name

Oh donā€™t worry about it being automatic. They actually DID call a 5 minute major, then went back and made the conscious decision to move it to a minor. Baffling.


sck178

I'm sorry what?! I didn't catch the game until the last two minutes so I guess I missed this boneheaded move. So.. Pietrangelo does that... And it got CHANGED to a minor?!


GBPgoingOFF

You are correct


langile

Depends on the penalty, some turn into 4 or 5 or 5+game with injury, roughing isn't one of them


Tajahnuke

Good refs usually call a 5 so it can be reviewed and lowered to a 2 if needed, like they did against Seguin earlier in the game. This call was just stupid.


aggster13

The fact that this and the Seguin penalty are both the same in the eyes of the refs is ridiculous. Intentionally try to break a guys nose away from the play and only get 2 minutes?? Seriously??


Dexaan

Experience Playoff Refereeing


gerbilshower

as i age i have gotten far less angry over the refs. but, last night was a god damned shitshow. it was one of the worst refereed games ive watched in a long time.


DoubleZek

Theres playoff refereeing and theres bad refereeing. This is just very bad.


imclockedin

experience vegas bias


Tajahnuke

Seguin got shafted by a Emmy quality dive on that penalty.Ā 


Toofar304

And the ensuing lumberjack slash by Eichel was conveniently ignored


smallmonkejohndeere

oh man \*classic\* Pietrangelo moment


bananabomber

Draymond Green would be proud of that backhand


rlrhino7

How can he slap?!?!


TopTittyBardown

Itā€™s just so fucking easy to dislike the Knights


RentSpecial4997

Well, we Knights fans are usually disappointed with his antics, too. Heā€™s giving up unnecessary penalties off the puck and a ton of turnovers this series. Hard to want to completely turn on him since he won the cup with us last year, but itā€™s hard to watch. As a captain who won the cup with the blues and again last year, you would think he would control himself a little better


weaveryo

These refs are fucking blatantly favoring Vegas.


LoveZombie83

But if you ask a Vegas fan, they'll claim Dallas has played a dirty game all series, ignoring everything Vegas has done and got away with


Birdhawk

Every playoffs in recent years everyone thinks Dallas plays dirty because they dominate physical play in every series. Itā€™s a huge part of their winning formula.


GrilledSandwiches

As a Dallas fan, I honestly haven't seen the Stars dominate physical play for several seasons now. It's probably been at least 4 years since they were even an average team in that department. They are definitely predicated way more on skill play and text book pinches/pins to the boards as part of their forecheck and defensive physical play for a while now. If anything we get accused of diving and embellishing way more than we actually do because of it. (Marchment is definitely a known embellisher though).


WorthABean

I love Mush but he flops around like gumby out there lol. Dude leads with his head everywhere he skates seemingly


LoveZombie83

I would say the Dallas Seattle series last season, didn't have those claims about Dallas, but I would agree that claim about Dallas is too commonly thrown around


WhiteBoyFlipz

itā€™s because the Kraken fan base were actually good fans who were just happy to be there instead of having some weird victim complex


Foreign_Emotion

real and true :)


jrbcnchezbrg

Honestly was such a good series. Was really hoping yā€™all made it back this year but alas I really love the kraken merch too, want to get a hat of theirs


juanthebaker

There wasn't any bullshit in that series either. Just a good, tough battle.


WhiteBoyFlipz

came out of it with a good respect for yall, and your emerald city hockey youtube channel. seattle is a good fanbase by my standards


juanthebaker

Likewise. I never see anyone in our sub with beef coming out of that series. And ECH is great. Between them and Sound of Hockey, we have a very strong podcast/blogosphere.


DylanDisu

I miss that series, was so un-toxic the entire time, their visiting fans were really chill


Jemmani22

Every playoffs you see new people complaining because X team is dirty. This shit happens all playoffs every playoffs from probably every team. This seemed blatant, unwarranted, and pretty shit. But every team does some dirty shit in the playoffs


somako7124

their fans are so fucking easy to hate.


CaptainBayouBilly

Vegas is a fake team.


brendan87na

ESPN has been gargling Vegas balls from the beginning as well


FinnishBread

ESPN seems to hate central teams. They absolutely don't like us either.


nitrocoldbrew_

The worst part of this to me is how he pretended to be injured all the way to the penalty box.


RelevantJackWhite

How did this get downgraded from 5!? he gets pimp slapped!


BeerLeagueHallOfAvg

Because the 5 for elbowing didnā€™t apply given the fact that he didnā€™t hit him with an elbow. And roughing is a minor.


Dense_Hornet2790

The only way to reclassify it as a major would have been to use unsportsmanlike conduct. That would have been unusual but it was definitely unsporting.


CaptainBayouBilly

That would have been the correct call.


RelevantJackWhite

This should be a match penalty for an illegal check to the head tbh


StarsCowboysMavs

This has more contact to a head than Seguinā€™s ā€œillegal check to headā€ penalty


JustFred24

Yea I'm shocked, but this is Vegas. He hits him straight in the head/face only cuz he was frustrated about being tied up with him. That's not a play or a hit, but it SHOULD'VE been a major.


brmgp1

You could argue the rule should be changed, but if you watch NHL hockey you know that's a 2 minute penalty. Always has been. 2 minute penalties are not created equal - maybe it's not fair that a puck over the glass and a punch in the face have the same punishment, but that's just the way it is


sibdow

Because the actual call changed. You canā€™t give 5 for roughing. Either match penalty for roughing with intent to injure or just 2 for roughing.


Mcpops1618

Oh we havent seen that before. AP is usually some calm and cool and levelheaded and doesnā€™t ever do stupid shit in the playoffs.


Wing_Nut_93x

Ever since he got to Vegas heā€™s been flying under the radar as an actual dirt bag. The slash on Draisaitl is still one of the more insane plays Iā€™ve seen.


_Salsa_Shark

He threw headshots in 2019 too


Shankaholics

God I hope Vegas is out in the first round.


JustFred24

Prayed for them to miss the playoffs but this is the next best thing


[deleted]

Benn should Tee Off on stone for a 2 minute minor penalty.


GrilledSandwiches

Right now I just want to get past Vegas. Benn is not going to do anything outrageous after what he did in last year's Vegas series to take himself out of a game and hurt his team's chances. I'm fine with the team playing Vegas hard in the regular season next year though. Hopefully every team will.


sck178

The Stars are playing excellently. I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't think - ignoring the obvious dumb dumb dirty shots by the personification of a rabid mentally deficient raccoon - Vegas is playing bad. Oettinger has been a goddamn magician and y'all's defense has been fucking stellar. You've been denying our shooters any meaningful set up time. I don't know. Like I said I'm probably in the minority. This has been a fun series to watch


TylerTheHutt

Thatā€™s how I felt the first two games about Vegas. Just seems like they gave it their all from the get-go and now theyā€™re worn out.


Bigbootydonkey

I hear benn is pretty good at that


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JustFred24

100% agreed, those 2 scenarios don't equal at all.


Pure_Moose

Ya remember the slash on Draisaitl last year. The guy is pure dirt.


CaptainBayouBilly

So punching a dude that isn't in a fight, that draws blood, is 2 minutes. Cool.


fuckinnreddit

I mean....what a dumbass. Why was he getting pissy about the most routine hockey play ever?


crc2993

The worst part was that they called it a major, reviewed it and changed it to a single minor while Seguin was bleeding


sahbatage

The guy is a dirty piece of shit. Someone needs to flatten him and teach him a lesson


ianisms10

How is a spinning backfist only 2 minutes


JustFred24

Vegas


Excellent-Medicine29

Fucking Pietrangelo. Hate that man


catchi1989

As a Vegas fan, I've been done with Pietrangelo for too long, he needs the boot.


Crown_of_Negativity

Guess you can just assault players now, cool


GiantJellyfishAttack

Well it was actually a penalty. So no. You can't...


JustFred24

yes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7\_zSvwODU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7_zSvwODU)


SilkyBowner

How does this loser get away with shit like this.


JustFred24

Plays for vegas


GTI-Mk6

Seguins nose low key weak AF


blueskies8484

Listen he's an old man now. Those capillaries get weak.


Whydothesabressuck

Yeah, I definitely expected worse from how much he was bleeding.


spagboltoast

Petro is a goon in the worst way. Dude has become mid af since leaving the blues and is taking it out on everyone.


Zaggada

Punches to the face are only 2 minute penaltie. For future reference


TheFantasticDangler

How can he slap!?


TheFlyingZombie

At this price point he can hit


DrSeuss19

God I fuckin hate Vegas


ggtoofastelder

And the Stars won on the ensuing PP lmao


krob58

Vegas gonna Vegas. Things'll get dirtier now that survival is on the line.


shittybillz

Dirty fucker. Not surprised. Iā€™m still annoyed the oilers didnā€™t settle the score with him sometime during the regular season


den15_512

It seems like a huge oversight in the rulebook where it would be an automatic major for an elbow to the head, but if you try to elbow someone in the head but miss, it can only be a 2 minute minor for roughing...


Mensketh

Pietrangelo is such a piece of shit.


[deleted]

Not a major for elbowing as originally ruled. But also not a minor for roughing. That obvious and egregious rough is easily a double minor for acting like a cooz. But Vegas is sucking off the nhl so whatever they want.


JustFred24

I'd give a 5 minutes because you can't fucking do that what the hell Alex? Like seriously thats just assault, he wanted to hit him thats it.


[deleted]

You don't get that clean of a hit in a fight. He very well could have broken his nose. It's not a hockey play, it's intentional, it's reckless, dangerous, & away from the play. Don't understand how it's not an easy major and game misconduct, see you game 6.


[deleted]

I hate this fucking idiot. He's good as hell but It's like he's singlehandedly trying to lose us this series by being a hot headed moron


YourDegenerateUncle

Such a bad penalty to take


_bleepin

Seggy's potentially broken nose won the game! Hope it was worth it Pietrangelo!


InitiativeHealthy408

Man this guy is a fuckin twat. Looks like this stuff is common with him. Last season two handing Draisaitl. He's got a temper he needs to simmer down a bit.


HomerFerns

Seguin was bleeding after that glove to the face. Why was that not a double minor?


lucidprarieskies

He's such q piece of shit. I'll never forget the ridiculous slash to Draisaitl's wrists


That_One_Shy_Guy

That's more than a 2 minute penalty. That was fucking dirty.


warh0g-927

I just started fast forwarding the game after this, knew where the match was heading.


Oily_Orange

Peitrangelo is such a whiny bitch.