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.
The Edmonton Oilers simply didn’t have it in this one, as they lost to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night (Jan. 18) by a score of 3-2. The theme of the past few games was falling behind early and battling back.
Alex Bump scored two goals for No. 4 Western Michigan in a 5-1 win over North Dakota on Saturday night in Grand Forks, N.D.
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
Quinn Hughes scored twice and the struggling Vancouver Canucks edged the visiting Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday. Danton Heinen added a goal and J.T. Miller contributed two assists for the Canucks (20-15-10), who came into the game with losses in six of their last seven contests.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Stuart Skinner made 24 saves for the Oilers (29-14-3), who lost for the first time in five games and second in the past 10 (8-2-0).
Quinn Hughes scored twice on the power play and J.T. Miller added a pair of assists as the host Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Saturday to end a two-game losing streak.
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.