"I'm not so sure in all the years, what I said is something he'd never heard before in the history of reffing," said Cooper.
He then carefully implied that the Penguins seem to get special treatment from the officials.
"That team, for some reason, they're by far the lowest penalized team in the league. I'm not sure why, but they are," he said.
According to Sportsnet Stats, Cooper is the first head coach in the NHL to be ejected from a game since Peter DeBoer on November 24th of 2018. DoBoer was coaching the San Jose Sharks at the time.
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MARS 4 | 52 ANSWERS Jon Cooper comments on his ejection and the lack of calls on Pittsburgh Should Cooper have been ejected from Thursday night's game? | ||
| Yes, he just needed to shut up | 18 | 34.6 % |
| No, Wes McCauley was on a power trip | 24 | 46.2 % |
| I'm not sure | 10 | 19.2 % |
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Miro Heiskanen | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Elias Lindholm | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mats Zuccarello | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Matt Duchene | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ryan Hartman | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Kirill Kaprizov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jason Robertson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Tage Thompson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jonathan Aspirot | - | - | - | |
| Oskar Back | - | - | - | |
| Jamie Benn | - | - | - | |
| Zach Benson | - | - | - | |
| Lian Bichsel | - | - | - | |
| Colin Blackwell | - | - | - | |
| Zach Bogosian | - | - | - | |
| Matthew Boldy | - | - | - | |
| Mavrik Bourque | - | - | - | |
| Bobby Brink | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||
| 2025-2026 NHL STANDINGS | ||||||
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Sabres | 82 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 109 | |
| Lightning | 82 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 106 | |
| Canadiens | 82 | 48 | 24 | 10 | 106 | |
| Bruins | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 100 | |
| Senators | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 99 | |
| Red Wings | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 92 | |
| Panthers | 82 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 84 | |
| Maple Leafs | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 78 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Hurricanes | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 113 | |
| Penguins | 82 | 41 | 25 | 16 | 98 | |
| Flyers | 82 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 98 | |
| Capitals | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 95 | |
| Blue Jackets | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 92 | |
| Islanders | 82 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 91 | |
| Devils | 82 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 87 | |
| Rangers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 77 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Avalanche | 82 | 55 | 16 | 11 | 121 | |
| Stars | 82 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 112 | |
| Wild | 82 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 104 | |
| Mammoth | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 92 | |
| Blues | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 86 | |
| Predators | 82 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 86 | |
| Jets | 82 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 82 | |
| Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 72 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Golden Knights | 82 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 95 | |
| Oilers | 82 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 93 | |
| Ducks | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 92 | |
| Kings | 82 | 35 | 27 | 20 | 90 | |
| Sharks | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 86 | |
| Kraken | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 79 | |
| Flames | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 77 | |
| Canucks | 82 | 25 | 49 | 8 | 58 | |
COMPLETE STANDINGS | ||||||